Director of Software Engineering - Big Data, Cloud

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Corporate Sector

Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase, Mumbai, leading technical areas and driving impact within teams, technologies, and projects. Focuses on delivering Trade Surveillance solutions, platform modernization using Data Mesh on Databricks, and leading AI projects. Requires strong experience in building large-scale data platforms, cloud implementation, and managing cross-functional engineering teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Leads the delivery of Trade Surveillance solutions aligned with business goals and regulatory requirements
  2. Drives the platform modernization initiative, leveraging Data Mesh principles on Databricks to build scalable, resilient, and efficient big data platforms
  3. Provides hands-on technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams, ensuring engineering excellence, secure-by-design, and agile/DevOps best practices
  4. Manages multiple feature teams, acting as both a people supervisor and technical leader; hire, develop, mentor, and recognize talent across cross-functional teams
  5. Evaluates, selects, and integrates emerging technologies—including AI/ML solutions—to enhance surveillance coverage, accuracy, and efficiency.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of experience in building large-scale data warehouses, enterprise data platforms, and critical big data solutions
  • Proven experience in cloud implementation and practical cloud-native development with AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Deep expertise in platform building, modernization, and transformation projects, including Data Mesh and Databricks
  • Familiarity with AI/ML technologies and experience leading or driving AI projects
  • Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists, including hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
  • Strong people management skills; ability to supervise, mentor, and grow engineering leaders and teams
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to drive innovation and foster a culture of continuous improvement
  • Experience managing multiple Scrum/feature teams and delivering complex projects in an agile environment
  • Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Nice to have

  • Experience working at code level

What the JD emphasized

  • regulatory requirements
  • AI/ML solutions
  • AI projects
  • AI/ML technologies

Other signals

  • AI/ML solutions to enhance surveillance coverage, accuracy, and efficiency
  • Leads and drives AI projects
  • Familiarity with AI/ML technologies and experience leading or driving AI projects