Principal Architect

Step into the role of a Principal Architect at JPMorganChase and become a driving force behind the development and adoption of cutting-edge, cloud-based technologies.

Principal Architect

Job responsibilities

• Advises cross-functional teams on technology selection to achieve target state architecture and decisions on improvements to current technologies
• Facilitates coordination across architects, manages reusable artifacts, drives consistent execution practices, and ensures measurable impact.
• Responsible for representing the Enablement Architecture team in upstream strategy, standards, and governance forums. Ensures two-way flow of practical insight and enterprise direction
• Collaborate in short-lived, outcome-driven architecture working groups on topics like reliability, scaling patterns, AI integration, and cross-cutting concerns.
• Develops multi-year roadmaps aligned with business and architecture strategy and priorities
• Creates complex and scalable coding frameworks using appropriate software design
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Serves as the function's go-to subject matter expert
• Contributes to the development of technical methods in specialized fields in line with the latest product development methodologies
• Creates durable, reusable software frameworks that improves velocity and quality of output across teams and functions
• Champions the firm's culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience in infrastructure architecture, platform engineering, or SRE
• Advanced knowledge of software architecture, application development, and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Advanced understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native patterns, and service reliability
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and incident response
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex architecture problems in one or more technical disciplines
• Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to recommend the best solutions for the future state architecture
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Expertise in one or more programming language(s)

• Ability to work horizontally across business units and technical teams
• Effective communication, facilitation, and documentation skills