Director of Software Engineering - Python - Risk Engineering

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 JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank's Athena Risk team, you will be leading a team of senior engineers to deliver on strategic priorities for the Lines of Businesses. You will collaborate with Product Owners to drive multiple complex projects and initiatives, while serving as a primary decision maker for your team  and be a driver of innovation and solution delivery. 

Job responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers focusing on building and enhancing our risk platform. 
• Manage team performance, including coaching for career growth and fostering a healthy team environment.
• Make decisions that influence team's resources and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures.
• Lead technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives. 
• Engage in hands-on coding as part of regular workload, ensuring technical excellence and innovation.
• Influence peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams
• Champion the firm’s culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience. In addition, 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Expert experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise.
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists.
• Deep knowledge of cross-asset/cross-business Risk platforms
• Python coding experience and still keen to be hands-on
• Solid understanding of distributed frameworks
• Practical cloud native experience
• Knowledge of Kubernetes
• Experience working at code level
• Experience leading a product in a role of a Technical Lead

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• Experience with SDLC in a continuous delivery framework
• Specialized knowledge of risk in particular asset class- eg Rates, Credit, Equities