Lead Architect - iOS

JPMorganChase · Bengaluru · 5+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-07-21

Tech stack: C, Java, Kotlin, React, Swift

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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.
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
Qualifications:
- 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.
- 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.

Qualifications

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

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

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