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Director; Senior Architect

Jersey City, New Jersey
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Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.

We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Responsibilities

  • Work across the business, operations, and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision for complex solutions, and prioritizing functional and non-functional requirements into a technology backlog to enable the technology roadmap and functionality to support evolving capabilities and services.

  • Contribute to the creation of the architecture roadmap of defined domains (Business, Application, Data, and Technology) in support of the product roadmap and the development of best practices, including standardized templates.

  • Clarify the architecture, assisting with system design to support implementation, and providing solution options to resolve any architectural impediments.

  • Facilitate solution-driven discussions, leading the design of complex architectures, and finding creative solutions through domain knowledge, practical experiments, and proof of concepts, while ensuring architecture is flexible, modular, and adaptable.

  • Educate team members on technology practices, standardization strategies, and best practices to create innovative solutions.

  • Support the team as needed in selecting the technology stack required for solutions and helping choose preferred technology products.

  • Perform design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements are being sufficiently met (for example, security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability).

  • Remote work may be permitted within a commutable distance from the worksite.

Required Skills & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or related: and

  • 5 years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or a related Quantitative occupation.

  • Must include 5 years of experience in each of the following:

  • Building, testing and documenting quantitative models consistent with model development procedures and model risk management expectations;

  • Applying statistical skills of distributions, statistical testing, and regression with machine learning techniques and algorithms including ensemble models;

  • Applying knowledge of Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, advanced machine learning and Statistical Modeling, Quantitative Analysis, Forecasting, and Data Visualization to facilitate the automation of testing; and,

  • Utilizing data analytics tools of Tableau and Alteryx to conduct thorough analysis of large financial datasets to extract actionable insights and identify trends.

If interested apply online at www.bankofamerica.com/careers or email your resume to bofajobs@bofa.com and reference the job title of the role and requisition number.

Bank of America N.A.

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Learn more about this role

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Bank of America® logo

Technology Architect

Technology Architect: At Bank of America, I help shape the technology strategy that powers our global business.

[Technology Architect writing code at his desk]

As a Technology Architect, I design the systems and frameworks that our organization runs on; developing the digital ecosystem that our enterprise depends on every day – from designing systems to setting technical standards across the organization.

[Technology Architect instructing a colleague one-on-one]

I guide team members through large-scale projects that make a massive impact on operations. And I rely on daily, cross-team collaboration, whether I’m reviewing designs or mentoring engineers.

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●     Strategic planning

●     Architecture reviews

●     Team collaboration

Every day is different, but almost all of them involve strategic planning, architecture reviews, and working with all of our stakeholders to align on a path forward.

[Technology Architect leading discussion in a meeting room]

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Balancing:

●     Innovation

●     Risk

●     Scalability

●     Compliance

Sometimes my work is a tightrope walk, balancing innovation with risk, scalability, and compliance. Performance versus cost, security versus usability – there are trade-offs I need to weigh to find the best outcome for Bank of America and our clients.

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Leadership development

My role puts me in a unique position for leadership development, enterprise exposure, and gaining technical depth that will only help me grow professionally. And staying active in forums and knowledge-sharing platforms helps keep me in-the-know and inspired. I love bringing what I learn to my work with engineers, product designers, business partners and beyond. That’s where the real magic happens. It’s all about new ideas and creative solutions for cross-functional success.

[Technology Architect shaking hands with supervisor]

There’s a sense of accomplishment knowing the work we do has impact, but feeling supported and valued is a big piece of it too.

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Competitive benefits

With competitive benefits, recognition programs, and exciting career mobility, I feel motivated to take on the future of this industry. I’m helping to build systems that are secure, scalable, and ready for what’s next.

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Build relationships

Build communities

Build careers

We all have goals.

Pursue yours at Bank of America.

We all have goals. Pursue yours at Bank of America.

Narrator: What would you like the power to do? Bank of America.

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What would you like the power to do?®

Bank of America® logo

Learn more at careers.bankofamerica.com

On screen disclosure:

EOE disability/veteran. ©2025 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.

MAP 8651724 Expiration Date: 06/05/2027

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Full time

JR-26021439

Manages People: No

Travel: No

Age requirement: Must at least be 18 years of age.

New Jersey pay range:

$210,000.00 - $220,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve

Street Address

Primary Location:

101 Hudson St, NJ, Jersey City, 07302