Lead Architect, Blockchain Technology

As a Lead Architect at JPMorganChase within the Kinexys team in the Commercial & Investment Bank, you define and drive the technical target state for key products and capabilities. You work side-by-side with engineering teams to design, build, and evolve secure and resilient solutions that meet business needs today while preparing for future growth. You leverage enterprise-authorized artificial intelligence capabilities to accelerate architecture discovery and decision-making, applying strong human-in-the-loop validation and careful handling of sensitive data.

What you'll do

• Engage technical teams and business stakeholders to discuss and propose technical approaches to meet current and future needs
• Define the technical target state of your product and drive achievement of the strategy
• Leverage enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate architecture discovery and decision-making, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data
• Evaluate recommendations and provide feedback on new technologies, including outcomes-oriented evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs and applicability within existing systems
• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develop secure and high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Establish reuse-first AI-enabled engineering patterns and governance across software development life cycle and toolchain practices, ensuring traceability, auditability, resiliency, and security controls

What you bring

• Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficiency across software development life cycle execution, including automation and continuous delivery practices such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
• Demonstrated proficiency within a technical discipline (cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile) and the ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to recommend future-state solutions
• Experience applying enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment in software engineering and architecture workflows, with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity
• The ability to evaluate and integrate AI-enabled capabilities into cloud-native architectures while meeting resiliency, security, and auditability requirements
• Hands-on experience with public blockchain ledger platforms including Ethereum (Solidity, Ethereum Virtual Machine), and alternative Layer 1/Layer 2 chains such as Solana, covering smart contract development, deployment pipelines, and token standards such as ERC-20 and ERC-721
• Practical knowledge of the broader blockchain ecosystem tooling, including wallets, remote procedure call (RPC) providers, block explorers, indexers, and on-chain/off-chain integration patterns

Nice to have

• Experience with blockchain protocols, smart contract development, and decentralized application integration
• Experience with cloud migration, multi-cloud strategies, and cloud security best practices
• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Exposure to emerging technologies in financial services
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages

What we offer

• Competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on role, experience, skill set and location
• Commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in cash 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

About JPMorganChase

JPMorganChase is a leading global financial institution with a history spanning over 200 years, serving millions of consumers, small businesses, and prominent corporate, institutional and government clients. The Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments, providing strategic advice, raising capital, managing risk and extending liquidity in markets worldwide.