Manager of Software Engineering - Java/devops/aws

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Plano, TX +1 · Asset & Wealth Management

Manager of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase, focusing on Java/DevOps/AWS within the Asset and Wealth Management Technology & Operations team. The role involves leading engineers in designing, building, and deploying applications, with a significant emphasis on driving the adoption and responsible use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes. Responsibilities include hands-on coding, mentoring, and ensuring secure, compliant adoption of AI tools within engineering workflows.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
  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.
  3. Collaborate with engineers to design, build, and deploy applications aligned with business and functional requirements.
  4. Contribute to Java-based microservices using streaming, non-blocking, and reactive programming paradigms; write production-quality code.
  5. Work with Kafka, IBM MQ, Kubernetes (K8s), Redis, Amazon MSK, and AWS services to deliver scalable, efficient systems.

Skills

Required

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
  • Demonstrated coaching and mentoring experience.
  • Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
  • Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience building distributed systems with large data volumes and real-time distribution.
  • Solid Java proficiency with a strong willingness to code hands-on.
  • Practical understanding of CI/CD, DevOps toolchains, and agile, test-driven delivery.
  • Hands-on experience with reactive, non-blocking, streaming Java; microservices; domain-driven design; and cloud technologies.
  • Experience with: Caching: Redis, GemFire, or Apache Ignite
  • Experience with: Messaging/streaming: Kafka, IBM MQ
  • Working knowledge of microservices, REST APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases, and event-driven architectures.

Nice to have

  • Experience with the Spring ecosystem and AWS cloud services.
  • Familiarity with trading systems; exposure to the FIX protocol is a plus.
  • Ability to solve complex, mission-critical problems with a pragmatic, hands-on approach.
  • Continuous learner and early adopter of emerging technologies and methodologies.

What the JD emphasized

  • Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
  • Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices