[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All JPMorganChase jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/) · [Search jobs](/search/) JPMorganChase · Atlanta, GA # Executive Director - Director of Software Engineering Atlanta, GA, United States Director Software Engineering Listed on JPMorganChase’s official careers site. Posted September 17, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on JPMorganChase’s careers site →](https://jpmc.fa.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/210791978) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [JPMorganChase](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/) / Executive Director - Director of Software Engineering ## Job description If you are looking for a game-changing career, working for one of the world's leading financial institutions, you’ve come to the right place. As a Principal Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Asset & Wealth Management you, you provide expertise and engineering excellence as an integral part of an agile team to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Leverage your advanced technical capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best-in-class outcomes across various technologies to support one or more of the firm’s portfolios. We are seeking an Executive Director to lead a Software Engineering team within Wealth Management Technology, with a mandate to embed applied AI and modern engineering practice into how the business builds software. This is a hands-on, fast-moving leadership role: the successful candidate will build and run a high-performing engineering organization, apply generative AI and AI-assisted development tools as a core part of how the team ships software, and serve as the Atlanta site lead for AWM Technology — recruiting local talent, shaping engineering culture, and establishing Atlanta as a center of engineering excellence. AWM technology moves fast; we are looking for an energetic, technically fearless leader who can operate at that speed and bring others along with them. ### Job responsibilities - Serve as the site lead for AWM Technology in Atlanta, acting as the face of the organization for the local site and a key partner to firmwide site leadership - Own local talent strategy: recruit, hire, and build a high-performing engineering team in the Atlanta market; build the pipeline and brand needed to make Atlanta a magnet for top engineering talent Shape and promote a strong local engineering culture — instill engineering principles, technical excellence, and a builder mindset across the Atlanta site - Foster energy, speed, and accountability consistent with AWM's fast-paced operating environment; create an environment where engineers want to stay, grow, and do their best work - Represent the Atlanta site in cross-regional planning, resourcing, and culture-building efforts alongside other AWM Technology site and functional leaders - Lead a software and data engineering teams delivering production-grade systems for Wealth Management, holding an uncompromising bar for code quality, testability, observability, and maintainable architecture - Drive adoption of AI-enabled practices across the engineering lifecycle—from AI-assisted development tools to embedding AI capabilities into products that accelerate delivery of customer and business features, as force multipliers for the team (not one-off experiments). - Set technical direction and review architectural decisions, balancing classical software engineering rigor with the speed and possibilities of the GenAI era - Establish and enforce engineering standards, playbooks, and best practices (CI/CD, code review, testing, observability, where applicable) to raise the bar for delivery quality and velocity - Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to shape requirements, bridge business and engineering, and ensure delivery of strategic initiatives on time and on-strategy Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 7+ years applied experience Hands-on engineering leadership role; experience in financial services / Wealth Management is a plus - Strong software engineering fundamentals — proven ability to guide architectural decisions, enforce code quality standards, and design for reliability and scale Hands-on familiarity with applied AI / generative AI and AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar), with a clear point of view on how these tools change engineering workflows - Demonstrated track record building and scaling engineering teams, including recruiting and talent development, ideally with experience establishing or growing a technology presence in a regional site - Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead, motivate, and set culture for cross-functional and geographically distributed teams Energetic, fast-moving, and comfortable operating with ambiguity and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and represent the site externally and internally - Collaborate with cross-functional teams (business, product, risk, compliance) to identify technology-driven opportunities that grow the business Champion responsible engineering and AI practices — model risk management, security, privacy, and secure development standards — as systems move into production - Communicate strategy, progress, and risk/benefit trade-offs to senior and executive audiences; synthesize technical topics into clear, actionable narratives - Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies (especially in applied AI and AI-assisted engineering), and best practices to keep the team and the Atlanta site at the leading edge ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Sep 17, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 13, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 20, 2026 - Listed for: 33 days - Location: Atlanta, GA, United States[Apply on JPMorganChase’s careers site →](https://jpmc.fa.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/210791978) ## More jobs at JPMorganChase ### [Java Software Engineer III - Debit Technology](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/8f6980cc4930a1a5fc9f/) Atlanta, GA, United States ### [Lead Software Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/9c219632fefff4a8225e/) Atlanta, GA, United States ### [Lead Software Engineer - Data Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/877232ae7d33fdbf4f46/) Atlanta, GA, United States ### [Software Engineer III - AWM](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/1b77ce7aae3b367cea18/) Atlanta, GA, United States ### [Sr. Lead Software Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/e115433935f8385f2213/) Atlanta, GA, United States ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Executive Director, Securitization Portfolio Management](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/bbva-banco-bilbao-vizcaya-argentaria/jobs/4a6235729fabec673150/) BBVA-Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria · New York ### [Director of Dining Services / Executive Chef](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/aramark/jobs/f623ec2d7f37c99ab0b6/) Aramark · Philadelphia, PA, US ### [Executive Director, Analytics Engineering](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cvs-health/jobs/1715ebc44f28b662ee95/) CVS Health ### [Director, Global Executive Talent Acquisition](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/equinix/jobs/1789a2e4e906f372664c/) Equinix · Toronto, Ontario, Canada +1 more ### [Executive Director, Global ESG and Regulatory Compliance](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/lenovo-group/jobs/2d997fdf1311676b258f/) Lenovo Group · United States of America, North Carolina, Morrisville OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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