If you are excited about shaping the future of technology and driving meaningful business impact in financial services, this role offers the opportunity to influence architecture decisions at scale. You will partner across product and engineering teams to develop high-quality solutions that strengthen customer and employee experiences while meeting high standards for resiliency and security.
As a Principal Architect at JPMorganChase within Corporate Sector (Compliance Digital Experience), you are an integral part of a team that delivers architecture solutions across software applications and platforms. You drive significant business impact by shaping target-state architecture, guiding technology strategy, and improving engineering practices across the product area. You will work closely with stakeholders to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned to enterprise standards.
Job responsibilities- Represent a product area in architecture governance forums, recommending improvements to standards and decision-making practices
- Provide technical guidance and direction to technology teams and partners to accelerate delivery and strengthen solution quality
- Apply approved AI capabilities to speed architecture analysis and decisioning, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data
- Evaluate current and emerging technologies against enterprise standards and frameworks, influencing adoption of fit-for-purpose solutions
- Drive architecture decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and operational processes
- Design and review secure, high-quality code and implementation approaches, supporting troubleshooting and quality improvements across teams
- Serve as a subject matter expert who contributes to engineering communities through thought leadership and modern architecture practices
- Establish reuse-first, AI-enabled engineering patterns across the software development life cycle (SDLC) and toolchain, ensuring traceability, resiliency, and security controls
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills- Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 10+ years applied experience
- Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages and deep expertise in software architecture, applications, and technical processes in one or more domains (for example: cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile)
- Demonstrated experience applying approved AI capabilities within architecture and engineering workflows, with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity
- Ability to integrate AI-enabled capabilities into enterprise-grade architectures while meeting resiliency, security, and audit requirements
- Ability to solve design and functionality challenges independently with minimal oversight
- Strong judgment and communication skills to influence technical direction across teams and stakeholders
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills- Experience leading architecture modernization, platform transformation, or cloud adoption initiatives
- Financial services and large-scale enterprise technology experience
- Experience establishing architecture standards, governance practices, and reusable enterprise patterns
ABOUT USJPMorganChase, 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 TEAMOur professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.
