As a Vice President - Engineering Advocacy Lead at JPMorgan Chase within the Payments Engineering & Architecture team, you're responsible for how 10,000 Payments engineers adopt architecture standards and AI-assisted development practices. You won't do this from a distance - you'll be embedded with teams, writing code, running gemba walks, presenting at tech talks, and writing blogs. Advocacy through action, not announcements. Payments moves $10 trillion every day for the world's leading companies - the engineering challenges are real, and so is the opportunity to shape how we build.
Job responsibilities
* Embeds within Payments application teams as a contributing engineer, committing real changes to production codebases
* Pairs with engineers to solve complex problems and model best practices in architecture, code quality, and operational excellence
* Conducts gemba walks across teams to understand real challenges, build relationships, and identify opportunities for improvement
* Identifies patterns that work and helps teams adopt them while spotting anti-patterns early and coaching toward better solutions
* Connects dots across teams, sharing what's working in one area with others to accelerate learning
* Contributes to architecture standards that are practical and grounded in real implementation experience
* Presents at weekly tech talks to share learnings, new approaches, and emerging technologies
* Writes blogs and educational content that helps engineers learn (authentic, practical, accessible)
* Champions AI-assisted development including GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and emerging tools
* Adds to team culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
* Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and significant applied experience shipping production systems at scale
* Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
* Track record of influencing engineering practices beyond your immediate team
* Experience working across multiple teams or as a technical lead in a large corporate environment
* Evidence of teaching, mentoring, or community contribution (internal or external) including presentations, blogs, or training
* Demonstrated ability to explain complex technical concepts simply to diverse audiences
* Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience creating technical content
* Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
* Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
* Curiosity-driven approach to learning new technologies and tools
* Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, distributed systems, etc.)
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
* Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar
* Familiarity with Payments domain or high-volume transaction processing systems
* Experience conducting architecture reviews or serving in an advisory capacity across teams
* Track record of public speaking at meetups, conferences, or internal tech talks
* Experience writing technical blogs or educational content
* Ability to adapt to fast-paced environment with changing requirements while maintaining focus on engineering excellence
* Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward action over perfection
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