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Director of Software Engineering - AML/KYC

JPMorgan Chase
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 11/12/2025 CLOSED ON 1/12/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Software Engineering - AML/KYC position at JPMorgan Chase?

If you are a software engineering leader ready to take the reins and drive impact, we’ve got an opportunity just for you. 
 

As a Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer & Community Bank Core Banking Technology Team, you lead a technical area and drive impact within teams, technologies, and projects across departments. Utilize your in-depth knowledge of software, applications, technical processes, and product management to drive multiple complex projects and initiatives, while serving as a primary decision maker for your teams and be a driver of innovation and solution delivery.

 

Job responsibilities

  • Leads technology and process implementations for the AML/KYC product 
  • Drive a team of talented engineers to deliver customer business problems and accelerate the adoption of Cloud services
  • Collaborate with internal teams and business leaders alike to define and deliver on the roadmap to cloud
  • Works closely with Product and Business to deliver technology solutions to meet business requirements
  • Makes decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
  • Carries governance accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and measures of success such as cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations
  • Delivers technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domains
  • Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10 years applied experience. In addition,  5 years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
  • Proven experience of  leading a team of engineers to deliver mission critical projects
  • Experienced in developing and delivering mission critical solutions to AWS
  • Experienced in working on cloud technologies - Kubernetes, Kafka, Etc.
  • Experienced in developing and delivering large scale systems using Java Spring Boot & React
  • Experience working with different database technologies
  • Maintain overall knowledge in latest technologies and trends.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in teams and develop meaningful relationships to achieve common goal.
  • Experience working at code level
  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Demonstrated leading large enterprise teams

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Financial services experience 
  • AML/KYC experience 
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