Lead Technical Architect

Our Corporate & Investment Bank relies on innovators like you to lead software development efforts.
We have a multi-year program to dramatically expand our business in Latin America and deliver real-time, 24/7 payments technology solutions that enable us to be number one in all of the markets that we serve.
To this end, we are seeking technologists to drive this expansion and deploy our global platforms across Latin America.
We are making significant investments to achieve the goals of enabling the bank to deploy technology, provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk, and extend liquidity across Latin America just as we do in markets spanning over 100 countries around the world.
Employer Description J.P.
Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors.
Our first-class business serves clients in a first-class way and drives everything we do.
We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength.
We place high value on the thought leadership and diverse talents they bring to our global workforce for these capabilities are directly linked to our success.
We are an equal opportunity employer and promote diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our culture.
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.
In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.
Success Criteria Delivery of new products and major enhancements on time and within budgetDeployment of global platforms adapted to the local markets in Latin AmericaBuilding technology teams that progressively grow in the practice of agile developmentGreater automation of business processes and operational efficiencyEmpowered sales, client onboarding, client services, and operations organizationsCreating scalable, resilient, highly available, performant systems that run 24/7Enabling the ability to upgrade software components without existing business disruptionDeveloping software that is compliant with technology lifecycle management demandsProducing software that withstands scrutiny of security reviews and risk assessmentsPlatform execution that consistently meets client and market service level agreementsSeamless interlock, engagement, and collaboration with global development teamsAutomation of Dev/Ops, testing, continuous integration, and deploymentGeneral Tasks & Responsibilities Foster a culture of technical excellence across the regional teams in LATAMEstablish a Dev/Ops, agile development practice and organization structure for development teams enabling federated collaborative engagement with global teamsEnsure all development produces scalable, resilient, fault-tolerant, high-quality softwareCreate and publish design patterns to guide development efforts across the regionInterlock with technology architecture groups to ensure solutions adhere to risk, architecture, cyber, and other relevant firm-wide guidelinesWork closely with development teams to design system interfaces, APIs, services, and adapters required to deploy global platforms in the local LATAM marketsDevelop, capture, and report on productivity metrics enabling development teams to continually improveGuide the selection of technology services and components for building our solutionsPromote a strong technology controls agenda to keep software and infrastructure up to date, secure, and compliant with firm and market standardsEvaluate vendor software platforms and services integrated with our solutionsIdentify opportunities to create automation that optimizes developer efficiencyRepresent the LATAM technology organization in external technology forumsDesired Skills Fluent in English and Spanish/PortugueseMust have a strong technical background, be detail-oriented and well-organizedExperienced in building agile development teams, mentoring and coaching developers to effect a program of continuous improvementMust possess excellent risk management skills, and the drive to proactively mitigate business and technology riskMust demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing to the team, business partners, vendors, and clientsMust be able to work calmly and effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment while balancing competing prioritiesMust have a 'Can do' attitude which can identify problems, take ownership, and provide solutions
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