Sr. Manager of Software Engineering
at J.P. Morgan
Posted 15 hours ago
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- Compensation
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- City
- Jersey City
- Country
- United States
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An engineering leader responsible for architecture, delivery, and operational excellence of platforms powering JPMorgan's Alternative Investments. As a Senior Vice President-level role, you will set technical direction, lead teams, and collaborate with product, architecture, controls, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient systems for a portfolio spanning over $170bn in assets and 300+ fund investments. You will build event-driven Java/Spring Boot microservices, architect scalable systems with Kafka, Kubernetes, MSK, and AWS, and drive domain-driven design, API documentation, and robust testing practices. You will mentor junior engineers and foster a diverse, growth-oriented culture.
Location: Jersey City, NJ, United States
Job Description
We’re seeking an experienced and highly skilled engineering leader to drive the architecture, delivery, and operational excellence of platforms that power JPMorgan’s Alternative Investments business.
As a Senior Vice President, you will set technical direction, lead teams, and partner closely with product, architecture, controls, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient systems for a portfolio that spans over $170bn in assets and 300+ fund investments across private equity, growth equity & venture capital, private credit, private real estate, and private infrastructure.
Job responsibilities
- Lead and actively contribute to the design, development, and deployment of high-quality applications aligned to the Alternatives business.
- Build event-driven Java, Spring Boot microservices; contribute directly to the codebase.
- Architect and operate scalable systems leveraging Kafka, k8s, MSK and AWS services.
- Drive program collaboration across cross-functional teams.
- Drive adoption of domain-driven design; participate in and guide architecture discussions.
- Define and maintain documentation of service APIs (e.g. Swagger/OpenAPI).
- Lead and participate in code reviews; enforce high maintainability through TDD/BDD practices.
- Validate service scalability and resilience using mock testing frameworks and performance testing strategies.
- Mentor and develop junior engineers, fostering a collaborative, growth-oriented culture.
- Add to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, 2 + years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
- Advanced proficiency in Java with strong willingness to code hands-on.
- Extensive experience delivering Java and Spring/Spring Boot systems at scale.
- Strong experience with CI/CD, DevOps toolchains, and agile, test-driven delivery.
- Expert proficiency in testing frameworks like JUnit, TestNG, and Cucumber.
- Deep understanding of microservices, REST APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases, event-driven architectures.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and grow engineering talent.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (e.g. ECS, S3, Lambda) and proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
- Familiarity with full-stack application development.
- Experience with AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot, Cline, Claude Code.
- Proven ability to solve complex problems; excellent communication and leadership skills.
- Continuous learner and early adopter of emerging technologies and practices.
