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.

As a Principal Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer & Community Banking, you will utilize your expertise to enhance and develop arcahitecture platforms using modern cloud-based technologies. You will also support the adoption of strategic global solutions. By leveraging your advanced architecture capabilities, you will collaborate with colleagues across the organization to promote best-in-class outcomes.

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
• Aligned with product portfolios and infrastructure domains, these individuals focus on architectural alignment, emphasizing reliability, scalability, cost awareness, and portability.
• Focused on enabling practical AI integration within infrastructure and production environments. Areas include anomaly detection, predictive operations, intelligent automation, and observability.
• Co-develop concrete, reusable artifacts in partnership with Engineering and DevRel teams. These tools serve as self-service guides and benchmarks for delivery teams.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Expertise in one or more programming language(s)
• Deep knowledge in one or more software, applications, and architecture
• 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.
• Experience leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager
• Ability to present and effectively communicate to Senior Leaders and Executive.
• Practical cloud native experience

• Understanding of the business
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex architecture problems in one or more technical disciplines