If you are a software engineering leader ready to take the reins and drive
impact, we’ve got an opportunity just for you.

As a Director of Software Engineering at JPMorganChase within Card & Connected
Commerce Technology, you lead a technical area and drive impact within teams,
technologies, and projects across departments. Utilize your in-depth knowledge
of software, applications, technical processes, and product management to drive
multiple complex projects and initiatives, while serving as a primary decision
maker for your teams and a driver of innovation and solution delivery.

Job responsibilities

* Set the technical direction and engineering roadmap for identity and
credential protocols, aligning priorities with Chase product, architecture,
and security requirements.
* Lead technical contributions to relevant industry standards-setting
organizations, including specification proposals, implementation feedback,
and interoperability testing.
* Develop reference architectures and reference engineering implementations for
identity federation, authentication, credential issuance and presentation,
and secure API access.
* Define implementation profiles, interface contracts, and message flows
connecting identity and credential capabilities with commerce and payment use
cases.
* Engineer reusable components and automated tests for protocol behavior, token
handling, cryptographic validation, and interoperability.
* Evaluate specifications through prototypes, threat modeling, and analysis of
security, privacy, customer experience, and operational tradeoffs.
* Partner with product architects and engineers to support adoption and resolve
integration issues, while product teams retain production delivery and
operational ownership.
* Maintain traceability between external specifications, Chase requirements,
architecture decisions, and engineering implementations.
* Lead cross-functional technical initiatives, mentor technologists, and
communicate technical decisions and delivery priorities to senior
stakeholders.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

* Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 10+
years of applied experience, including 5+ years leading technologists to
anticipate and solve complex technical challenges.
* Deep experience implementing digital identity, authentication, federation, or
credential exchange capabilities.
* Strong understanding of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, secure token handling,
signed assertions, and identity protocol security.
* Practical experience with credential issuance or presentation protocols,
digital wallets, or comparable identity-attribute exchange systems.
* Demonstrated delivery of working software, reference architectures, reusable
components, and automated tests.
* Experience with cloud-native systems, secure APIs, and software development
lifecycle practices.
* Ability to interpret technical specifications and translate requirements into
precise architecture, implementation guidance, and technical proposals.
* Experience leading cross-functional technologists and influencing senior
product, architecture, engineering, and cybersecurity stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

* Experience with credential issuance and presentation standards, verifiable
credentials, selective-disclosure formats, or mobile document standards.
* Experience with Financial-grade API profiles, sender-constrained tokens,
FIDO2, or WebAuthn.
* Contributions to industry specifications, open-source implementations,
certification programs, or interoperability events.
* Experience delivering identity or credential capabilities in financial
services or another regulated environment.
* Experience hiring, developing, or mentoring engineering talent.

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
[https://careers.jpmorgan.com/us/en/how-we-hire/faqs] for more information about
requesting an accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a
range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards,
mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment
processing. We’re proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth
and have the most-used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer
satisfaction.

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