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Director of Software Engineering

JPMorgan Chase
Wilmington, DE Full Time
POSTED ON 3/23/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/23/2026

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 JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community Banking group, 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 to achieve functional technology objectives
  • 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
  • Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

 

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
  • Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists
  • Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
  • Experience leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager
  • Practical cloud native experience
  • Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
  • Experience influencing senior stakeholders and peer leaders across business product and technology teams
  • Experience with Distributed Datastores 
  • Experience with Big Data / Distributed / cloud technology 
  • Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline 

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, especially in high-visibility transformation programs
  • Action-oriented, decisive, drives results systematically.
  • Master’s preferred.
  • Skilled at assessing risk and making decisions with a holistic, big-picture perspective.
  • Demonstrates a can-do attitude and leads by example.
  • Detail-oriented, able to distinguish between important and urgent tasks.
  • Prioritizes helpfulness, mentorship, and team development.
  • Acts with integrity.

 

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