Lead Architect - Software and Systems

If you are excited about shaping the future of technology and driving significant business impact in financial services, we are looking for people just like you. Join our team and help us develop game-changing, high-quality solutions.
As a Lead Architect at JPMorgan Chase within Corporate and Investment Banking Payments Central Technical Architecture team, you will be responsible for driving significant business impact by shaping target state architecture via system designs, standards, best practices, patterns, engagements, etc.
Job responsibilities
• Provides technical system designs, standards, patterns, and reference architectures covering public cloud, on-prem, and hybrid.
• Participates and drive architecture reviews across a diverse technical and geographically distributed landscape.
• Provides feedback and proposes improvements to architecture governance practices.
• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical partners.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• 3+ years experience in a technical architecture or related role.
• Hands-on experience delivering, optimizing, and modernizing complex distributed systems low-latency systems.
• Advanced design and development experience with various data technologies including NoSQL, distributed caching, RDBMS, messaging, and streaming.
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• Advanced knowledge of software architecture, applications, and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge and experience across multiple architectural patterns.
• Ability to decompose design and functionality problems spanning engineering and architecture domains independently into concrete plans with little to no oversight.
• Ability to quickly understand complex systems and provide pragmatic and actionable recommendations, solutions, etc.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
• Design and development experience of modern systems from the backend to the UI.
• Advanced knowledge of Java or JVM oriented languages.
• Experience with CockroachDB or similar distributed SQL databases
• Experience building applications making use of Kubernetes native features.
• Formal training or certification including public cloud and infrastructure as code.

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About Us
JPMorganChase, 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, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, 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, ****** 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 & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
About the Team
The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world's most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.

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