Lead Architect- Digital Application

Job Description
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As a Lead Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and community banking Digital, you are an integral part of a team that works to develop high-quality architecture solutions for various software applications on modern cloud-based technologies. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical architecture solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of project goals.
Job responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, responsive web and mobile applications using modern technologies and frameworks.
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and UX/UI designers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Ensure all applications adhere to industry-standard security best practices and compliance requirements.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to enhance the development process and product quality.
• Engages technical teams and business stakeholders to discuss and propose technical approaches to meet current and future needs
• Defines the technical target state of their product and drives achievement of the strategy
• Participates in architecture governance bodies
• Evaluates recommendations and provides feedback on new technologies
• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proven experience as a Solution Architect or similar role in digital web and mobile application development.
• Proficiency in responsive web design principles and frameworks such as React, AngularJS, and Next.js.
• In-depth knowledge of industry-standard security best practices for public-facing digital applications.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and in building cloud-native application
• Experience in domain driven design, data modeling, micro services architecture, event & streaming technologies and best practices.
• Advanced experience in API design and management, Service definition and consumption including API, brokers, REST APIs
• Defining Non-functional requirements and architectures to satisfy availability, extensibility, and resiliency needs
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration and deployment.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with AI/ML, LLM and Generative AI is preferred.
• AWS Certification preferred
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Ability to work well at a conceptual and practical levels, resolve ambiguity, and to drive concepts out into workable solutions
• Ability to define target state architectures, and develop realistic transition plans for achieving target state
• Hands-on experience modeling with UML, object-oriented constructs, or other modeling language
• Experience with formal enterprise architecture models and tooling, such as TOGAF

About Us
JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.
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 for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
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.