Overview

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Vice President Site Lead Engineer/Developer to lead the AuthE delivery/engineering group in Buenos Aires within the CTO Line of Business in Global Technology.

AuthE (Authentication Everywhere) is JPMorganChase’s next-generation, firm-wide customer authentication platform.

It is a multi-deployment platform with production deployments across JPMorganChase data centers and JPMorganChase public cloud tenancies, engineered to meet 5x9’s availability requirements.

AuthE serves all JPMorganChase Lines of Business and plays a critical role in enabling the firm’s Payments business processing in excess of USD $12T/day.

This is a player/coach role: the team is intentionally lean, and the successful candidates is expected to provide strong technical leadership and operational ownership while remaining partially hands-on, contributing directly to engineering delivery and authentication outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Site & Team Leadership

- Serve as the site/team lead for the AuthE delivery/engineering group in Buenos Aires , responsible for local execution, team performance, and delivery outcomes.

- Lead, mentor, and coach a small team of Java developers, IAM subject matter experts, and operate staff , building a strong engineering culture focused on reliability, security, and continuous improvement.

- Drive execution across a geographically dispersed organization, aligning priorities, delivery plans, and operational readiness with integral leadership.

Hands-on Engineering & IAM Delivery

- Contribute directly to design and implementation through hands-on Java development and/or IAM technical leadership (at least one is mandatory; both strongly preferred).

- Provide IAM expertise with emphasis on OAuth2 / OIDC , with additional experience in SAML2 and FIDO2 / Passkeys highly valued.

- Provide technical direction for secure authentication patterns, integration approaches,



and service design suitable for large-scale enterprise environments.

Security, Risk, and Vulnerability Management

- Own and drive remediation of vulnerabilities across Java applications , open-source dependencies, and/or vendor products—ensuring timely prioritization, tracking, and closure.

- Embed secure-by-design practices including secure coding, dependency hygiene, and control-aligned engineering.

- Apply strong understanding of cryptography concepts such as TLS and/or token/assertion signing and validation to ensure secure system behavior.

Operational Excellence & Production Support

- Lead support of mission-critical authentication applications through L3 engineering support , ensuring stability, incident response readiness, and effective root cause analysis.

- Provide leadership coverage and coordination for support needs during US business hours , including US holidays , as required by business-critical operations.

- Drive observability, runbooks, operational metrics, and on-call maturity appropriate for financial-grade systems.

Agile Delivery & Tooling

- Advocate for and apply Scrum/Agile SDLC practices to improve predictability, throughput, and quality.

- Use and promote strong execution discipline through tooling such as JIRA for work management, tracking, prioritization, and delivery transparency.

Required Qualifications

- VP-level technical team leadership/management experience in a player/coach capacity (hands-on while leading).





- Experience leading teams in geographically dispersed environments (mandatory).

- Strong hands-on Java development experience or strong IAM expertise (one mandatory; both preferred).

- Mandatory experience prioritizing and remediating vulnerabilities affecting Java applications , open-source libraries, and/or vendor products.

- Essential experience building and supporting mission-critical applications in financial services (high availability, reliability, and operational rigor).

- Demonstrated ability to drive L3 engineering support for critical systems, including coverage aligned to US business hours as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

- IAM expertise in OAuth2 / OIDC (strongly preferred), plus SAML2 and FIDO2 / Passkeys .

- Strong applied knowledge of cryptography/security fundamentals such as TLS and/or token/assertion signing/validation .

- Demonstrated advocacy and practice of Scrum SDLC .

- Experience managing and supporting complex applications using JIRA (including delivery and production support workflows).

What Success Looks Like

- The Buenos Aires AuthE team is consistently delivering high-quality, secure authentication capabilities with strong predictability.

- Vulnerabilities and security risks are triaged and remediated with urgency and discipline, with clear reporting and governance.

- Production health is excellent: incidents are handled effectively, root causes are addressed, and operational practices continuously improve.

- Strong collaboration exists across regions, with effective execution despite time zone and geographic distribution.

Working Hours / Support Expectations

This role includes leadership of L3 support for mission-critical applications and may require coverage during US business hours , including on US holidays , based on operational needs.

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Other General

📌 Manager of Site Relibility Engineers AuthE (Buenos Aires)
🏢 JPMorgan Chase
📍 Buenos Aires