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
1. Embeds within Payments application teams as a contributing engineer, committing real changes to production codebases
2. Pairs with engineers to solve complex problems and model best practices in architecture, code quality, and operational excellence
3. Conducts gemba walks across teams to understand real challenges, build relationships, and identify opportunities for improvement
4. Identifies patterns that work and helps teams adopt them while spotting anti-patterns early and coaching toward better solutions
5. Connects dots across teams, sharing what's working in one area with others to accelerate learning
6. Contributes to architecture standards that are practical and grounded in real implementation experience
7. Presents at weekly tech talks to share learnings, new approaches, and emerging technologies
8. Writes blogs and educational content that helps engineers learn (authentic, practical, accessible)
9. Champions AI-assisted development including GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and emerging tools
10. Adds to team culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
11. Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and significant applied experience shipping production systems at scale
12. Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
13. Track record of influencing engineering practices beyond your immediate team
14. Experience working across multiple teams or as a technical lead in a large corporate environment
15. Evidence of teaching, mentoring, or community contribution (internal or external) including presentations, blogs, or training
16. Demonstrated ability to explain complex technical concepts simply to diverse audiences
17. Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience creating technical content
18. Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
19. Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
20. Curiosity-driven approach to learning new technologies and tools
21. Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, distributed systems,
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
22. Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar
23. Familiarity with Payments domain or high-volume transaction processing systems
24. Experience conducting architecture reviews or serving in an advisory capacity across teams
25. Track record of public speaking at meetups, conferences, or internal tech talks
26. Experience writing technical blogs or educational content
27. Ability to adapt to fast-paced environment with changing requirements while maintaining focus on engineering excellence
28. Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward action over perfection