Executive Director - Principal Architect | eComm Payments

As a Principal Architect at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank(Payments Technology), you provide deep domain expertise to design and evolve architecture platforms that power global eCommerce payment solutions.

You will partner with business and technology leaders to shape the transformation of merchant acquiring capabilities - spanning online checkout experiences, payment gateway architecture, partner integrations and value added services.

Leverage your advanced architecture capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best-in-class outcomes for merchants and clients worldwide.

Job responsibilities


* Advise cross-functional business and technology stakeholders on design approaches, technology selection, and target state architecture to meet the evolving demands of global eCommerce merchant payment platforms


* Develop multi-year roadmaps aligned with eCommerce payment strategy, including online checkout optimization, payment gateway modernization and value added services


* Apply enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate architecture analysis, roadmap development, and design decisioning, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data


* Define strategy and technical delivery roadmaps for eCommerce product go-to-market, translating complex merchant acquiring requirements into scalable, cloud-native architecture decisions


* Establish reuse-first, AI-enabled engineering patterns and governance across the software development lifecycle and toolchain practices, ensuring traceability, auditability, resiliency, and security controls


* Participate in architecture governance bodies, evaluating recommendations and providing feedback on eCommerce business needs and options to accelerate time to market


* Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, payment technology startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability within the eCommerce payments ecosystem


* Identify opportunities to modernize eCommerce platform capabilities, eliminate recurring issues, and automate remediation to improve overall operational stability and merchant experience


* Present and communicate eCommerce architecture strategies, decisions, and roadmaps effectively to senior leaders and executives

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills


* Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 10+ years applied experience


* Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability within eCommerce or merchant acquiring payment environments


* Deep knowledge of eCommerce payment flows, including online checkout, payment gateway architecture, tokenization, fraud prevention, and merchant/partner integration patterns


* Strategic mindset in acquiring payments business -includes va...