Sr Principal Architect, Payment Network Technology

You’re a pro who wants to influence the future of technical architecture and our team is looking for people like you.

As a Senior Principal Architect at JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community Card Technologies, you provide specialized expertise to influence the target state architecture and strategy. Work across teams to implement and advance the adoption of complex strategic global solutions that give JPMorganChase a competitive advantage.

As a Payment Network Architect at Chase, you will be at the forefront of designing, developing, and evolving the next generation of global payment network solutions. You will architect systems that are secure, scalable, and resilient, supporting billions of transactions and enabling seamless commerce worldwide. Your expertise will span the full spectrum of payment network processes, real-time payments, blockchain and other cutting edge technologies ensuring Chase remains the leader in payment innovation.

You will demonstrate strategic vision, technical mastery, and executive-level influence, collaborating across product, engineering, operations, and business teams. You will set the architectural direction for mission-critical systems, drive adoption of emerging technologies, and ensure compliance with global regulatory standards. As a thought leader, you will mentor future architects and engineers, championing a culture of excellence, innovation, and inclusivity.

Job responsibilities

• Design and oversee the implementation of robust, high-performance payment network solutions, ensuring alignment with Chase’s enterprise architecture standards
• Define and deliver the target-state architecture and roadmap for test environments spanning Gaia, AWS, and legacy systems.
• Architect and optimize core payment network processes, including transaction authorizations, tokenization, VAS integration, dispute management, Fraud/Risk processing, Identity and settlement.
• Ensure our Partners ability to not only test in QA, UAT and Performance environments but also enable the ability to condition data in those environments.
• Establish and enforce architectural best practices, standards, and guidelines across multiple teams and projects, ensuring security, scalability, and regulatory compliance
• Anticipate industry trends and emerging technologies (e.g., real-time payments, AI/ML in fraud detection, blockchain), shaping architectural direction to support Chase’s long-term growth and innovation.
• Present complex technical concepts and architectural strategies to senior leadership, clients, and partners in a clear, compelling manner.
• Build trust and credibility with senior leaders, clients, regulators, and partners.
• Take responsibility for outcomes, especially during periods of change, crisis, or high-stakes delivery

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 7+ years applied experience.
• Deep expertise in payment network processes: authorizations, tokenization, VAS, disputes, clearing, settlement, and fraud management
• Advanced knowledge of cloud architectures, distributed systems, security, and data management.
• Strong understanding of global payment regulations, compliance, and risk management.
• Demonstrated experience influencing and leading cross-functional teams in a global environment.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Demonstrated prior experience influencing across functions and teams to deliver modern architecture
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex architecture problems across various technical disciplines
• Extensive practical cloud native experience
• Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to recommend the best technology solutions and approaches to achieve the future state architecture

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 12+ years of experience in payment network architecture, with a proven track record of delivering large-scale, mission-critical systems in the payments industry.