Principal Software Engineer - Director

If you are looking for a game-changing career, working for one of the world's leading financial institutions, you've come to the right place.

As a Principal Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Digital Technology, you provide expertise and engineering excellence as an integral part of an agile team to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way.

Leverage your advanced technical capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best-in-class outcomes across various technologies to support one or more of the firm's portfolios.

Job Responsibilities



* Creates complex and scalable coding frameworks using appropriate software design frameworks


* Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others


* Architects and governs agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) to improve delivery speed, code quality, and operational outcomes at scale (e.g., AI-driven PR review assistance, test generation/maintenance, release readiness checks, incident triage and root-cause acceleration), while defining guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, and reuse 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 at scale.


* Advises cross-functional teams on technological matters within domain of expertise
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 are leveraged across teams and functions


* Influences leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology teams

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills


* Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 7+ years applied experience


* Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability


* Expert in one or more programming language(s)


* Experience designing and deploying agentic systems


* Expert level proficiency with AI Coding assistants


* Demonstrated experience designing and leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled development practices (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) across teams, including setting standards for human-in-the-loop validation, auditability/traceability of changes, and secure handling of sensitive data.


* Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including security/resiliency implications, data sensitivity, and risk-based governance; ability to influence senior tec...