Job Description

Drive modernization for critical banking operations on Cash & Check Management team within Operations

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.

As a Senior Lead Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer & Community Banking Operations Technology team, you are an integral part of a group that designs and delivers high-quality architecture solutions for software applications and platform products. In this role, you serve as the Architecture Lead for the Cash and Check Management product in Consumer & Community Banking Operations Technology, promoting modernization efforts and supporting a critical banking function that impacts the entire firm. You leverage deep expertise across multiple architecture domains to shape the target-state architecture, deliver significant business value, and ensure the scalability, resilience, and strategic alignment of the firm’s technology landscape.

Job responsibilities:

• Lead the architectural design and modernization of critical banking operations within Consumer & Community BankingOperations Technology
• Leverages 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.
• Establishes reuse-first AI-enabled engineering patterns and governance across SDLC/toolchain practices, ensuring traceability/auditability, resiliency, and security controls.
• Define and drive target state architecture for critical banking functions
• Ensure alignment of technology solutions with business objectives and regulatory requirements
• Mentor and guide engineering teams on best practices and architectural standards
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption where appropriate
• Develop and maintain architectural documentation and roadmaps
• Support incident resolution and root cause analysis for architecture-related issues
• Partner with stakeholders to prioritize and deliver impactful technology initiatives
• Promote innovation and continuous improvement within the architecture team

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Proven experience in designing and implementing enterprise-scale architecture solutions
• Strong knowledge of modernization strategies for legacy systems
• Expertise in cloud technologies and distributed systems
• Experience with banking operations and financial services technology
• Demonstrated experience applying enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment in architecture and engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to evaluate and integrate AI-enabled capabilities into enterprise-grade architectures while meeting resiliency, security, and auditability requirements.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements in financial services
• Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Experience with Cash and Check Management systems
• Prior experience in architecting solutions for critical bank functions
• Certification in cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with modernization of mainframe and legacy applications
• Demonstrated ability to drive firmwide impact through technology leadership

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

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.

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