Lead Architect - iOS

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As a Lead Architect - iOS at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer & Community Banking, you are an integral part of a team that works to develop high-quality architecture solutions for various software applications on modern cloud-based technologies. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical architecture solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of project goals.

Job responsibilities

• Apply deep knowledge of native mobile platforms (Swift/Objective-C for iOS, Kotlin/Java for Android) to guide development teams and make critical technical decisions.
• Work closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and backend architects to deliver seamless mobile experiences.
• Develop, communicate, and manage the Technology Roadmap. Lead Special Initiatives as directed by Senior Management
• Stay informed on security standards, authentication protocols, and products
• Engages technical teams and business stakeholders to discuss and propose technical approaches to meet current and future needs

• Leverages enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate architecture discovery and decisioning, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data.

• Establishes reuse-first AI-enabled engineering patterns and governance across SDLC/toolchain practices, ensuring traceability/auditability, resiliency, and security controls.

• Defines the technical target state of their product and drives achievement of the strategy. Participates in architecture governance bodies
• Stay current with emerging mobile technologies and industry trends, recommending adoption where beneficial.
• Executes 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

• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others

   

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience in a mobile architecture role, designing and overseeing complex mobile solutions.
• Hands-on experience developing native mobile applications for iOS and/or Android using native mobile platforms (Swift/Objective-C for iOS, Kotlin/Java for Android)
• Strong understanding of mobile app lifecycle, performance optimization, security, and integration with backend services.

• Minimum of multiple past experiences in leading a team to architecture implementation of program, platform, and/or domain changes into production. 

  Ability to personally architect and drive adoption of solutions and platforms into production

• 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.

• Ability to evaluate and integrate AI-enabled capabilities into cloud-native architectures while meeting resiliency, security, and auditability requirements.

• Ability to work independently across multiple initiatives simultaneously and with multiple design and delivery partners including vendors. Strong written and verbal communication skills especially in communicating and influencing senior Business and Technology management 
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies and tools including experience with agile delivery. Strong skills in internet technology, information architecture, system design and practical cloud native experience
• Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to recommend the best solutions for the future state architecture and experience in risk based authentication and step up protective measures
• Experience in application security, e.g. OAuth, OIDC, FIDO, multi-factor authentication, TLS, securing hybrid native and web apps in mobile platforms
• Evaluate and recommend AI-driven identity management technologies and tools to improve system performance and security. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams on identity management and AI best practices.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with one or more cross-platform frameworks (React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, etc.) is a plus. 

  Fundamental experience in defensive security constructs, including digital signatures, digital certificates, PKI, firewalls

• Experience with open standards & AI technologies and frameworks . Familiarity with rooting or jail-breaking iOS and Android devices to discover mobile application vulnerabilities 
• Understanding of information security and risk management challenges, issues mitigations and remediation.

• Strong knowledge of OWASP top 10 security issues for web/ mobile, Remediation patterns. U

  nderstanding of Data Security and Network Security with a focus on OSI reference model Layer 2- Layer 7.

• Experience with secure coding practices, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessment. 

  Experience with Zero Trust Model, privileged session management, and cloud security

• Solid understanding of current web and web application servers.
• Certifications with CISSP, CISA, and CISM is a strong plus.