SR Director of Software Engineering - Lending Technology

You will lead the modernization of our commercial lending processes and the technology that powers them.

You will work directly with bankers and product partners to deliver simpler workflows, stronger controls, and faster client outcomes.

You will set engineering standards that prioritize reliability, security, and speed-without sacrificing resiliency or cost discipline.

You will be a hands-on technical leader who develops talent and stays current through continuous learning.

As a Senior Director of Software Engineering at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Bank Lending Technology team, you lead leaders and senior engineers to design and modernize commercial lending workflows and platforms.

You partner closely with bankers, product, and operations to turn business needs into roadmaps and measurable delivery.

You set a high bar for reliability, secure development, and operational excellence while increasing delivery velocity.

You use data to guide decisions and ensure implementations are correct.

You proactively manage organizational health, staffing, vendor strategy, and budget.

Job responsibilities


* Set and uphold engineering standards across architecture, reliability, security, and delivery for commercial lending modernization


* Partner with bankers, product, and operations to translate business needs into clear roadmaps, well-defined scope, and measurable outcomes


* Drive operational excellence through automation, observability, resiliency patterns, and disciplined incident management to improve availability and speed-to-delivery


* Lead design reviews and critical-path technical decisions; mentor senior engineers and engineering leaders


* Sets and scales multi-department strategy for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) to drive firmwide objectives (speed, scalability, reliability, and cost-to-serve), including portfolio-level standards for AI-orchestrated delivery workflows, release governance, automated test modernization, resilience engineering, and incident response acceleration; establishes guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, traceability, and reuse


* Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to drive cross-domain reuse and measurable capacity unlock outcomes across departments


* Make disciplined build, buy, and reuse decisions based on business value, risk, and total cost of ownership


* Establish a data-driven culture by defining metrics, analyzing outcomes, and using insights to improve product decisions and controls


* Own budget planning, forecasting, and expense management; proactively adjust spend, staffing, and vendor usage to avoid surprises


* Build and retain high-performing teams through structured hiring, performance management, and career dev...