JPMorgan Chase
Director of Software Engineering, Acceleration & Modern Engineering Practices (Asset Management)
$204K–$285K
New York, NY +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
Jersey City, NJ - Experience
- 10+ years of applied experience; 5+ years leading technologists.
- Education
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
About the job
Leads the Asset Management Acceleration Pod, setting engineering direction and running a governed delivery lifecycle to move technology initiatives from idea through validation and pilot to production.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction for architecture, APIs, integration, data modeling, platform engineering, and modern delivery practices.
- Lead pod governance and cross-functional stakeholders; prioritize work, remove blockers, and guide Go/No-Go decisions.
- Build and govern agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows with guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, and reuse.
What they ask for
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 10+ years of applied experience, plus 5+ years leading technologists.
- Experience with CI/CD, testing frameworks and automation, and Python OR Java.
- Experience in UI development, data modeling, distributed-systems architecture, integration and APIs, and production AWS services.
- Ability to drive cross-functional alignment and work effectively in a governance model with senior stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience with outcome-first delivery, scaling delivery velocity, or building adoption mechanisms.
- Familiarity with enterprise-approved AI-assisted development tools and patterns; UX/design collaboration or Asset Management technology experience.
Pay
$204,250.00-$285,000.00 USD base salary; $204,250.00-$285,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
CI/CD, Python, Java, AWS, REST
AI focus
Architects and governs agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows, including AI-driven PR review assistance, test generation and maintenance, release readiness checks, incident triage, and root-cause acceleration, with appropriate guardrails.
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