Sr. Manager of Software Engineering

Senior Manager Of Software Engineering

When you mentor and advise multiple technical teams and move financial technologies forward, it's a big challenge with big impact. You were made for this.

As a Senior Manager of Software Engineering at JPMorganChase, you will lead engineering teams, drive innovation, and ensure successful delivery of business-critical applications. You'll play a key role in developing talent, building a collaborative culture, and influencing the technology roadmap, all while advancing your career in a dynamic environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to software engineers on daily tasks, team output, and best practices.
• Hire and develop high-performing talent; maintain a healthy intake pipeline.
• Foster team morale and encourage collaboration with other teams and partner groups.
• Drive innovation by solving complex problems and promoting knowledge sharing across teams.
• Own end-to-end delivery of team epics, ensuring quality and timely execution.
• Manage stakeholder relationships, including Product Managers, Architecture, and Delivery teams.
• Build a culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect, prioritizing opportunities for growth and advancement.
• Identify and address bottlenecks to drive efficiency and improve developer experience.
• Manage dependencies and build strong relationships with upstream and downstream partners.
• Sets and scales operating practices for enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering and SDLC/TLM automation across multiple teams to improve delivery speed, quality, and operational outcomes; establishes measurable expectations (e.g., throughput, defect reduction, reliability) and ensures consistent validation, security, resiliency, and reuse of proven patterns.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to drive efficiency and support capacity unlock initiatives across teams, prioritizing reuse of existing firm technology assets.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience
• 3+ years of managing teams. 8+ years of industry experience
• Experience leading technology projects and managing technologists.
• Identify or troubleshooting application code-related issues. Take active role in code reviews to ensure solutions are aligned to pre-defined architectural specifications. Assist with design reviews by recommending ways to incorporate requirements into designs and information or data flows
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including CI/CD, Jules/Jenkins, application resiliency, and security.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Proficiency with technologies like Java, Spring Framework, Spring WebFlux, GraphQL, Angular, Typescript, CSS, Karma, Phantoma.js, NodeJS, Maven, Oracle/postgres DB, SQL, Microservices, Public/private cloud, Apache Kafka.
• Experience with security tools like Black duck, Sonar, Fortify. Infrastructure Architecture Disciplines, Authentication and authorization principles, Kerberos, Content management.
• Experience with monitoring tools Dynatrace / Splunk, application management tool Servicenow, versioning tool SVN or GIT.
• Demonstrated ability to grow and assess talent, manage underperformers, and build force multipliers.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience leading multi-team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and delivery tools, including defining governance/ways of working (human-in-the-loop validation, quality gates), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, resiliency/security implications, and control expectations; ability to coach managers/leads and influence leaders on safe scaling patterns.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience working at code level (dedicating at least 30% of time to code commits).
• Experience with UNIX/Linux, Shell Scripting, Apache Tomcat, Cassandra, data modeling, Mockito
• Proven ability to drive innovation and present solutions across teams.
• Experience managing dependencies and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to create stretch goals and opportunities for team members' growth and promotion.

About Us

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

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, 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

About the Team

Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We're proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.