Executive Director Principal Software Engineer - Athena Platform

About this role

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, Derivatives Team, 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.


J.P. Morgan Asset Management is seeking an Executive Director to lead the architecture, engineering, and delivery of its strategic derivatives platform on the Athena (Python) framework. This is a hands-on technical leadership role requiring deep expertise in platform design, architecture, and large-scale engineering execution. The successful candidate will define the platform vision, set engineering standards, drive a multi-year roadmap, and ensure capabilities support the needs of Portfolio Managers across Fixed Income, Equity, and Multi-Asset strategies. They will make key technical decisions, solve complex engineering challenges, and provide hands-on guidance to senior engineers and technical leads. The role also includes leading and developing multiple engineering teams while fostering a culture of engineering excellence, technical rigor, and continuous improvement.

Job responsibilities

• You will manage senior relationships spanning Portfolio Management, Trading, Operations, and Accounting — communicating with authority and clarity on architecture decisions, delivery status, and platform capability.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Architects and governs agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows ...