Senior Lead Architect- Digital Document Management

If you are excited about shaping the future of technology and driving significant business impact in financial services, we are looking for people just like you. Join our team and help us develop game-changing, high-quality solutions.

As a Senior Lead Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Digital Document Management team of Corporate Sector, you are an integral part of a team that works to develop high-quality architecture solutions for various software applications and platforms products. You drive significant business impact and help shape the target state architecture through your capabilities in multiple architecture domains.

Job responsibilities

• Engages with technical teams and business stakeholders to propose technical approaches for current and future needs.
• Defines the technical target state of products and drive the achievement of strategic goals.
• Provides feedback and propose improvements to architecture governance practices.
• Guides the evaluation of current technology and lead the assessment of new technologies using existing standards and frameworks.
• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, thinking beyond conventional approaches.
• Drives decisions influencing product design, application functionality, and technical operations.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and review and debug code written by others.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate recurring issues to improve operational stability.
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs and technical credentials.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Proficiency in solutions architecture and platform architecture.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience as an AI Practitioner with AI App / GenAI App Builder.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages and proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, AI, machine learning, mobile).
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and IT systems.
• Practical cloud-native experience.
• Advanced knowledge of software, applications, and architecture disciplines.
• Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to recommend future state architecture solutions.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with model building and ML engineering, including fine-tuning of Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Knowledge of Azure.
• Experience with multiple data technology stacks, including Databricks and NoSQL datastores like AWS DynamoDB and MongoDB.
• Engineering experience with ETL/ELT software patterns and packages.
• Architecture and engineering experience with cloud-based relational databases such as AWS Aurora, RDS, and Postgres.
• Experience with streaming platforms like AWS Kinesis and Kafka.
• AWS certifications for architecture and engineering.

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 over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. For those in eligible roles, we offer discretionary incentive compensation which may be awarded in recognition of firm performance and individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans