Director Of Software Engineering- JPM Personal Investing
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Job Summary
Behind every investment is a person with ambitions motivations and values. While we know that every client is unique they come to J.P. Morgan Personal Investing for the same reason: our straightforward and transparent approach to investing and the trust that 150 years of J.P. Morgan heritage brings.
J.P. Morgan Personal Investing offers award-winning investments products and digital wealth management services to over 275000 investors in the UK. We built the business with innovation as a core part of our ethos to give consumers the confidence and clarity to make informed investment decisions and achieve their financial goals.
Our team is at the heart of this venture focused on getting smart ideas into the hands of our customers. Were looking for people who have a curious mindset thrive in collaborative squads and are passionate about building quality software that has a big impact in a rapidly changing environment. By their nature our people are also solution-oriented commercially savvy and have a head for fintech. We work in tribes and squads that focus on specific products and projects.
J.P. Morgan Personal Investing is expanding its current offering with a new Brokerage service to provide self-investing for our customers through our Mobile and Web apps.
We are seeking a Director of Engineering to lead one of the JPM PI Brokerage areas managing several high-impact engineering teams driving execution on the product roadmap and scaling our technology people and processes. You will be responsible for shaping technical strategy building and mentoring high-performing managers and engineers and delivering reliable secure and scalable systems that support our business goals.
You will be reporting to the Senior Director of Engineering of the Madrid hub and will oversee teams based in Madrid and London.
Key Responsibilities:
Partner with Product Business Marketing and Operations stakeholders and other Brokerage directors to translate strategy into requirements prioritize roadmaps remove blockers and ensure on-time execution of product features to contribute to the companys business goals.
Enable cross-functional alignment within Brokerage teams and across other company verticals through efficient processes clear communication and effective roadmaps and documentation including decision records.
Supervise architectural decisions for scalability reliability performance and cost efficiency; review and approve major design proposals.
Lead compliance and governance for systems in your remit. Engage Controls stakeholders from day one establishing strong working relationships and ensuring adherence to required processes so that all software deliveries are fully compliant.
Promote platform thinking reuse and implementation of best practices (e.g. microservices boundaries data contracts API standards) while managing technical debt with clear criteria and payoff plans.
Oversee engineering costs and vendor management in your area ensuring ROI compliance and appropriate SLAs.
Hire develop and retain top talent structuring teams for autonomy and clarity. You will own hiring budgets and headcount forecasting in your area.
Manage mentor and grow engineering managers and senior ICs providing career pathways constructive feedback and succession planning.
Foster a culture of collaboration accountability personal growth continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Own incident management on-call strategy and post-incident reviews to improve reliability and reduce toil.
Required Qualifications:
5 years of experience as a software engineer plus 10 years in positions of technical leadership.
Strong product and business mindset and experience working with high-profile products in the consumer market.
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences in complex domains. Full English working proficiency is a must.
Strong technical background in modern architectures (distributed systems cloud-native event-driven architectures) SDLC and DevOps practices.
Proven track record leading and scaling agile teams that deliver complex high-availability systems at pace.
Excellent coaching feedback and conflict-resolution skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in Fintech or a similar regulated environment where you were exposed to areas like security compliance or risk management.
Experience leading cross-border teams and delivering an international product with different localizations and currencies.
Experience working with Data systems and data at scale.
Hands-on familiarity with AWS JVM Kafka and/or relational and NoSQL databases.
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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 ov ... View more
