Lead Architect: AI enablement

About the role

As a Lead Architect within JPMorgan Chase’s Chief Technology Office (CTO) – AI4Tech Scaling team, you will develop high‑quality architecture solutions for modern cloud‑based software applications. You will act as a core technical contributor, delivering critical architecture across multiple technical areas and business functions to support project goals.

Responsibilities

• Administer and scale GitHub Copilot and Claude Code platforms across the enterprise with user provisioning, policy enforcement, and usage analytics.
• Develop and maintain custom Copilot Skills (e.g., .instructions.md, SKILL.md) and Agent configurations to encode domain‑specific knowledge and team workflows.
• Drive team adoption of enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI‑assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root‑cause analysis support), while establishing validation standards and promoting reuse of effective patterns.
• Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including AI‑assisted development and automation capabilities, to increase automation value.
• Design and provision cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS services, ensuring reliability and compliance.
• Develop internal tooling, automation pipelines, and self‑service portals to support AI developer‑tool adoption.
• Develop secure, high‑quality production code, and review and debug code written by others.
• Build reporting dashboards and metrics pipelines to track AI tool usage, productivity impact, and cost optimization.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability.

Required qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Hands‑on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Working knowledge and experience in backend development with Python and/or Java.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI‑assisted software development tools (e.g., coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) and setting team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data‑sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption.
• Understanding of LLM‑based developer tools in context management, RAG patterns, and responsible AI guardrails.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Spinnaker) and automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS) and serverless architectures.
• Active knowledge of agile methodologies, application resiliency, and security.
• Practical cloud‑native experience and understanding of the software development lifecycle.

Preferred qualifications

• Enterprise AI‑assisted development platform architecture – designs and scales GitHub Copilot, Copilot Enterprise, and Copilot Extensions rollouts across large developer populations, including SSO, license governance, and usage attribution.
• LLM integration and agentic workflow design – reference architectures for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, Copilot Extensions/Skills, RAG pipelines, and multi‑agent orchestration for internal developer tooling.
• AI governance, safety, and compliance – prompt‑injection defense, data‑leak prevention, content filtering, model routing, and audit/telemetry patterns aligned with regulated‑industry (finance) responsible‑AI standards.
• Architecture leadership – authors ADRs, C4 diagrams, and reference architectures; chairs architecture review boards; mentors senior engineers and influences technical strategy across the organization.

About the team

Our Corporate Functions professionals cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. These corporate teams are essential to setting our businesses, clients, customers, and employees up for success.

About the company

JPMorgan Chase, one of the oldest financial institutions, provides innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses, and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional, and government clients. With a history spanning over 200 years, the firm leads in investment banking, consumer and small‑business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management.

Compensation

We offer a competitive total rewards package, including a base salary determined by role, experience, skill set, and location. Eligible roles may receive commission‑based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in cash and/or forfeitable equity, in recognition of individual achievements and contributions.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health‑care coverage
• On‑site health and wellness centers
• Retirement savings plan
• Backup childcare
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mental health support
• Financial coaching
• Additional programs to meet employee needs