Director of Software Engineering

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Jersey City, NJ +1 · Consumer & Community Banking

Director of Software Engineering to lead technology and process implementations, focusing on agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation. The role involves setting direction, governance, and driving adoption of AI practices across teams, ensuring responsible AI use, security, and scalability within enterprise workflows.

What you'd actually do

  1. Sets direction and governance for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation within a technical area to drive measurable improvements in speed, quality, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-orchestrated delivery workflows, release readiness controls, automated test modernization, and incident triage acceleration), while establishing guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, traceability, and reuse across teams.
  2. Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation and support capacity unlock initiatives at scale.
  3. Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives
  4. Accountable for decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
  5. Delivers technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domains

Skills

Required

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts
  • 10+ years applied experience in software engineering
  • 5+ years of experience leading technologists
  • Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists
  • Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
  • Experience leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices
  • Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows
  • Practical cloud native experience
  • Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

What the JD emphasized

  • agentic AI-enabled engineering practices
  • responsible AI use
  • control expectations

Other signals

  • AI-enabled engineering
  • agentic AI
  • SDLC/TLM automation
  • responsible AI use