Sr Director Of Software Engineering-hr Domain

About the Role

Senior Director of Software Engineering leading Global Benefits, Global Mobility, Business Travel, and Expatriate Payroll & Tax technology at JPMorgan Chase. Owns end-to-end technology strategy and delivery, driving migration from legacy PeopleSoft to cloud-native platforms, integrations for touchless payroll, secure-by-design engineering, and adoption of agentic AI-enabled development with strong governance.

Explicitly mentions AI-assisted "vibe coding" and agentic workflows (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) with emphasis on enterprise guardrails and MCP-based services.

Location: Jersey City, NJ 07310

Salary: $232,750 - $325,000 a year

Type: Full-time

Posted: Yesterday

Category: Software Engineering

Company Rating: 3.9 (20431 reviews)

Company Size: 10k+

Vibe Markers: 💻 Open Source, 🔥 Hot

Experience Level: Executive

Job Description

Role

Senior Director of Software Engineering within Corporate Technology – HR & Benefits Technology responsible for owning the technology and process landscape across Global Benefits, Global Mobility, Business Travel, and Expatriate Payroll & Tax. The role leads large, cross-functional engineering organizations and vendor ecosystems to modernize legacy systems, enable end-to-end integration and automation, and embed security, compliance, and resilience into delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technology strategy and delivery across benefits, mobility, travel, and expatriate payroll & tax, including governance of a 125+ global benefits vendor ecosystem.
• Drive migration of U.S. pension from legacy PeopleSoft to modern, secure, cloud-native technologies while ensuring data integrity and operational stability.
• Deliver end-to-end integration and automation of benefit data flows into and out of payroll across multiple jurisdictions, currencies, and regulatory regimes.
• Lead Global Mobility technology integrations (e.g., Sirva) and coordinate with external providers (e.g., KPMG) and internal partners (HR, Benefits, Finance, Operations) to prioritize roadmaps.
• Set engineering standards across custom full-stack development, serverless/cloud-native design on AWS, Infrastructure as Code, Pipeline as Code, and automated CI/CD for auditable, resilient deployments.
• Embed secure-by-design and compliance-by-design practices, including automated controls, security scanning, and policy-as-code to support SOX, statutory/tax reporting, data residency, segregation of duties, and access management.
• Direct responsible adoption of AI-enabled engineering (agentic workflows, AI-assisted development, MCP-based services) with guardrails suitable for a regulated environment.
• Act as primary interface with senior leaders to drive consensus across risk, regulatory, operational, cost, and modernization priorities.
• Hire, develop, and scale large cross-functional engineering teams and establish portfolio-level standards for AI-orchestrated workflows, release governance, test modernization, resilience engineering, and incident response.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience, plus 5+ years leading technologists in complex technical domains.
• Deep experience delivering technology across benefits, payroll, mobility, or HR domains in a large, highly regulated, global enterprise.
• Hands-on and leadership-level expertise in Java and Python on AWS, including serverless and cloud-native design patterns.
• Full-stack capability including modern front-end development (e.g., React, TypeScript) and API-first design using GraphQL and REST.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation), Pipeline as Code, and automated CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) with security and controls embedded in pipelines.
• Proven delivery of end-to-end integration and automation between vendor systems and payroll, and experience migrating legacy platforms (e.g., PeopleSoft) to cloud with strong data integrity and controls.
• Experience managing large vendor ecosystems and leading cross-functional teams in matrixed organizations.
• Experience leading multi-organization adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering operating models, governance, measurement frameworks, and secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI risk, controls, resilience, and the ability to advise senior leaders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and tool/function-calling backends for agentic/conversational interfaces.
• Experience with agentic workflows and AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) where approved.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and GitOps-based deployment on AWS.
• Familiarity with Global Mobility platforms (e.g., Sirva) and expatriate payroll, travel, and tax models (e.g., KPMG).
• Experience modernizing enterprise integrations (API-led and event-driven), interface test automation, and observability for globally distributed teams.

Benefits (summary)

Competitive total rewards including base salary determined by role/location/experience; discretionary incentive compensation and/or forfeitable equity for eligible roles; comprehensive health care coverage; on-site health and wellness centers; retirement savings plan; backup childcare; tuition reimbursement; mental health support; financial coaching.

Tech Stack

Java, Python, AWS, Serverless, React, TypeScript, GraphQL, REST, Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, PeopleSoft, Sirva, KPMG, MCP, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Docker, Kubernetes, GitOps

Skills

Leadership, Team Management, System Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Security & Compliance, Vendor Management, Integration & Automation, DevOps/CI-CD, Infrastructure as Code, Full-stack Development, API Design, AI Governance/Responsible AI, Cross-functional Collaboration, Stakeholder Communication, Risk Management, Resilience Engineering, Release Governance, Incident Response

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage
• On-site health and wellness centers
• Retirement savings plan
• Backup childcare
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mental health support
• Financial coaching
• Discretionary incentive compensation
• Forfeitable equity
• Commission-based pay (eligible roles)