About the role
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 that redefine how clients experience financial services.
As a Senior Lead Architect at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank(Payments Technology), you are an integral part of a team that works to develop high-quality architecture solutions for software applications and platform products.
You drive significant business impact and help shape the target-state architecture in the client onboarding and servicing domain - bringing technical depth, strategic thinking, and a passion for innovation to everything you do.
Job responsibilities
Provide solutions architecture direction , decisions and support for key stakeholders and initiatives related to client/merchant onboarding and servicing.
Represent a product family in technical governance bodies and propose improvements to architecture governance practices that raise the bar across the organization
Provide regular technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
Leverage enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate architecture analysis and decisioning across the product family, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data
Guide the evaluation of current and emerging technologies using established standards and frameworks, influencing peers and decision-makers to adopt leading-edge solutions where appropriate
Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
Develop secure, high-quality production code and review and debug code written by others to uphold engineering excellence
Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert and contribute to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide software development lifecycle frameworks and practices
Establish reuse-first, AI-enabled engineering patterns and governance across the software development lifecycle and toolchain practices, ensuring traceability, auditability, resiliency, and security controls
Shape and influence the digital transformation strategy for payments onboarding, including client self-service experiences.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Strategic mindset in shaping onboarding transformation for payments businesses, including digital onboarding across various digital channels, client self-service experiences, and partner integrations
Solid understanding of onboarding lifecycle steps including Know Your Customer (KYC), credit assessment, risk evaluation, and compliance screening
Solid understanding of client /merchant onboarding and complex client setup models especially in the acquiring payments space, including integrators, franchise arrangements, and payment facilitators
Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability at enterprise scale
Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages with deep expertise in software architecture, applications, and technical processes within one or more disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile)
Demonstrated experience applying enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within architecture and engineering workflows, with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity
Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to select or recommend the best solutions for future-state architecture
Strong judgment and communication skills to influence technical direction across teams and present recommendations to senior stakeholders
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Experience designing scalable, API-first architectures that support complex multi-party payment ecosystems and partner connectivity
Familiarity with identity and access management patterns in the context of client onboarding and partner integration workflows
Ability to evaluate and integrate AI-enabled capabilities into enterprise-grade architectures while meeting resiliency, security, and auditability requirements
ABOUT US
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. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of 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
ABOUT THE TEAM
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.