**Senior Lead Architect**
Lead architecture solutions for software applications and platforms at JPMorganChase. Key duties include representing products in governance bodies, guiding technology evaluations, driving product decisions, and mentoring teams. Seeking 5+ years of architecture experience, proficiency in multiple programming languages, and expertise in cloud, AI/ML, or mobile technologies. Must be skilled in reviewing and validating AI-assisted plans, evaluating emerging technologies, and influencing peers.
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Location: Jersey City, NJ, United States
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 Senior Lead Architect at JPMorganChase within the Infrastructure Platforms International Services organization, you are an integral part of a team that works to develop high-quality architecture solutions for various software applications and platform products. You drive significant business impact and help shape the target state architecture through your capabilities in multiple architecture domains.
Job responsibilities
Represent a product family in technical governance bodies and propose improvements to architecture governance practicesProvide regular technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendorsLeverage enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate architecture analysis and decisioning across the product family, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive dataGuide evaluation of current and new technologies using existing standards and frameworks, influencing peers and decision-makers to adopt leading-edge solutions where appropriateDrive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processesDevelop secure and high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by othersServe as a function-wide subject matter expert and contribute to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide software development lifecycle frameworks and practicesPromote reuse-first, AI-assisted practices for program governance and reporting, ensuring human review and alignment to delivery standardsUse enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate program planning and risk synthesis such as consolidating inputs into integrated plans, risk and issue logs, and executive-ready updates validating outputs and handling data according to sensitivity requirementsRequired qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 5+ years applied experienceHands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stabilityAdvanced proficiency in one or more programming languages and deep expertise in software architecture, applications, and technical processes within one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile)Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support program management workflows, with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivityAbility to review and validate AI-assisted plans, risks, and recommendations before use, escalating when uncertain and following data handling expectationsAbility to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversightAbility to evaluate current and emerging technologies to select or recommend the best solutions for the future state architectureStrong judgment and communication skills to influence technical direction across teamsPreferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
General knowledge of technology regulations, high-level business and technical characteristics in the Europe, Middle East and Africa and Latin America and Canada regions, or experience working with internal technology clients and partners in these locations (e.g., Switzerland, Luxembourg, Trkiye, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Argentina)Familiarity with cross-regional compliance and data residency considerations that impact architecture decisions in international environmentsExperience engaging with globally distributed teams and navigating multi-jurisdictional technology deliveryKnowledge of emerging architecture patterns and their applicability to large-scale, internationally distributed infrastructure platforms
Shape the future of global infrastructure architecture and drive high-impact technical decisions across international platforms.
