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Manager of Software Engineering - Java and Kafka

New York City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 21 Jul 2026

About the role

This is your chance to change the path of your career and guide multiple teams to success at one of the world's leading financial institutions.

As a Manager of Software Engineering at JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community Banking's technology team, you lead multiple teams and manage day-to-day implementation activities by identifying and escalating issues and ensuring your team’s work adheres to compliance standards, business requirements, and tactical best practices.

Job responsibilities

Provide overall direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of entry-level to mid-level software engineers that work on basic to moderately complex tasks
Be accountable for decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
Ensures successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders
Leads team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices and SDLC/TLM automation to improve delivery speed, quality, and operational outcomes, while setting expectations for human validation, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and consistent use of reusable patterns across teams.
Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation and support capacity unlock initiatives.
Identifies and mitigates issues to execute a book of work while escalating issues as necessary
Provides input to leadership regarding budget, approach, and technical considerations to improve operational efficiencies and functionality for the team
Creates a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect for team members and prioritizes diverse representation

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
Hands-on development experience in Java, J2EE, Spring Framework, JMS. Knowledge of Rest API services, json, swagger etc.
Experience working with tools like Terraform to provision AWS cloud services
Experience with AWS Glue, AWS Athena, and AWS S3
Experience with Kafka and Cassandra (data modeling, performance, operational considerations) or similar distributed NoSQL stores is required .
Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent and leading teams of technologists
Knowledge of agile processes and test-promotion development
Experience monitoring production processes to ensure timely run based on support schedule; troubleshoot and resolve in case of issues.
Ability to guide and coach teams on approach to achieve goals aligned against a set of strategic initiatives
Experience leading responsible adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and delivery tools across engineering teams, including defining ways of working (review/validation expectations), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of data.
Good understanding of application, data, and object-oriented programming disciplines and knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and expertise in technology disciplines
Strong soft skills, including presenting, negotiating, mentorship, and stakeholder management.

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