Senior Director of Software Engineering

Senior Director of Software Engineering - Enterprise Document Archive Platform

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As a Senior Director of Software Engineering at JP Morgan Chase within the Enterprise Document Archive, you will lead the design, build, run and scaling of our Cloud based, purpose build Document Storage Engine, managing the lifecycle of billions of business critical documents at Chase scale. You lead multiple technical areas, manage the activities of multiple departments, and collaborate across technical domains. Your expertise is applied cross-functionally to drive the adoption and implementation of technical methods within various teams and aid the firm in remaining at the forefront of industry trends, best practices, and technological advances.

Job responsibilities

• Leads multiple technology and process implementations across departments to achieve firmwide technology objectives
• Directly manages multiple areas with strategic transactional focus
• Provides leadership and high-level direction to teams while frequently overseeing employee populations across multiple platforms, divisions, and lines of business
• Acts as the primary interface with senior leaders, stakeholders, and executives, driving consensus across competing objectives
• Manages multiple stakeholders, complex projects, and large cross-product collaborations
• 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

• 15+ years of professional experience in technology/software engineering leadership, with a proven track record of delivering large-scale, enterprise platforms.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Demonstrated experience in platform engineering with a strong background in configuring, optimizing, and monitoring runtime environments
• Proven experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases, Java, AWS, Kafka, and Jenkins
• Demonstrated experience in scaling core platforms to support high query volumes (tens of thousands of QPS), with a track record of achieving 99.99% uptime and ensuring high availability across multiple regions
• Experience developing or leading large or cross-functional teams of technologists. Proven ability to deliver results in complex, fast-paced environments.
• Strong technical acumen, outcome-focused, and delivery-oriented.
• Demonstrated prior experience influencing across highly matrixed, complex organizations and delivering value at scale
• Experience leading complex projects supporting system design, testing, and operational stability
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Extensive practical cloud native experience

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working at code level

   

Experience Level

Senior Level