Director of Software Engineering, Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, AWS

Job Description
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 Engineers Platforms and Integrated Experience line of business, 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.You will need to have a high degree of empathy toward customers (developers in this case) and their challenges, understand their core use cases / business deliverables and help them accelerate the implementation of quality products and features that meet their end-user requirements. You will work in a highly technical and hands-on role and at times you will act as a technical advisor to customers. You will build and nurture long term relationships with our customer base and directly impact the success of them and the firm. You must possess the tenacity and ability to work in a constantly changing large scale complex technology, have strong passion to get to the bottom of failures across multi layered dependent components and keep the customer delight as a primary focus
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, equity, inclusion, and respec
• Manage and work collaboratively with a team of highly skilled engineers to ensure team and organization standards are followed and the team is consistently focused on continuous improvements and sustained delivery.
• Employ simple design and pragmatic implementation techniques to drive business value.
• Pair program with team members to build high-quality solutions.
• Be passionate about technology and constantly seek ways of learning new technology and practices
• Mentor junior team members to progress their technical and professional skills. Be open and actively seek learning opportunities from more senior team members

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.
• Strong communication and presentation skills along with work experience in Java and Spring Boot
• Hands on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and AWS
• Strong experience troubleshooting issues, defining and delivering objectives and key results
• Strong implementation skills with ORM frameworks like Hibernate/JPA or MyBatis. Must be proficient in SQL preferably across multiple databases.
• Practical experience with Maven, Pypi, Nuget, Npm in continuous integration and deployment context

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working at code level
• JFrog Artifactory experience
• Exposure to observability tools like Grafana, Cortex, Kibana, Dynatrace etc.
• OAuth, SAML

About Us
JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
About the Team
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.