Technical Principal Architect - Agentic AI & Messaging

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, United Kingdom · Commercial & Investment Bank

Technical Principal Architect role focused on Agentic AI and Messaging technologies within Prime Finance at JPMorgan Chase. The role involves defining architectural vision, designing scalable and secure solutions, and leading the integration of autonomous AI workflows. Requires deep expertise in Java, Python, messaging technologies (Kafka, AMPS), and both relational and NoSQL databases, with a strong understanding of cloud platforms and DevOps.

What you'd actually do

  1. Architectural leadership: Define and evolve enterprise architecture standards, patterns, and best practices.
  2. Strategy & vision: Partner with senior stakeholders to shape technology and AI strategy aligned to business goals and scalability.
  3. Agentic AI integration: Architect and implement autonomous AI workflows that can act, decide, and adapt in changing environments.
  4. Solution design: Lead design/review of mission-critical platforms ( message-based, data-centric and growing AI approach) for security, robustness, and scale.
  5. Messaging technologies: Design and optimize high-throughput, low-latency messaging (e.g., Kafka, AMPS) for reliable distributed communication.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  • Applied experience in software engineering, with recent experience in a technical architecture leadership role.
  • Proven track record of designing and delivering large-scale, distributed systems in a complex enterprise environment.
  • Deep expertise in architectural frameworks, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), microservices, APIs, and security.
  • Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, and modern software development methodologies.
  • Demonstrated experience with Agentic AI systems, autonomous agents, and advanced machine learning frameworks.
  • Extensive hands-on experience with message-based technologies such as Apache Kafka and AMPS, including design, deployment, and optimization.
  • Advanced proficiency in Java and Python, including architectural design, development, and code review in both languages.
  • Strong experience with relational databases (e.g., Oracle, Amazon RDS) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, AWS DynamoDB), including schema design, performance tuning, and data modeling.
  • Experience managing and coordinating technology initiatives across multiple regions and applications.
  • Expertise with data architecture and event driven architecture.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

Nice to have

  • Expertise with the Prime Finance or Securities Lending business domain
  • Experience with regulatory and compliance requirements in financial services
  • UI experience in React JS

What the JD emphasized

  • Agentic AI systems
  • autonomous AI workflows
  • advanced machine learning frameworks
  • message-based technologies
  • Apache Kafka
  • AMPS
  • Java
  • Python

Other signals

  • Agentic AI systems
  • autonomous AI workflows
  • advanced machine learning frameworks