Lead Software Engineer - Data Engineering, Data Technology

This is your chance to change the path of your career and work at one of the world's leading financial institutions.

As a Lead Software Engineer – Data Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer & Community Banking/Data Products team, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and optimize large-scale ETL (Extract Transform Load) data pipelines. 

• Build high-quality Python applications using modular code, reusable components, logging, and automated testing. 

• Develop and maintain distributed data processing solutions using PySpark. 

• Large scale end-to-end testing design and validation. 

• Implement and support workflow orchestration using Control-M or Apache Airflow (MWAA). 

• Develop cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services, including Glue, Athena, Lambda, and CloudWatch. 

• Design and manage modern data lake architectures utilizing Iceberg and/or Delta Lake. 

• Administer and optimize Snowflake environments, including streams, tasks, roles, and warehouses. 

• Participate in code reviews and champion engineering best practices, testing standards, and CI/CD processes. 

• Leverage approved AI-assisted development tools while ensuring secure, responsible, and compliant software delivery.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience with a strong focus on data engineering.

• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages – Python (primary) & Java (secondary)

• Hands-on experience with PySpark or other distributed data processing frameworks. 

• Strong expertise in DBT (Data Build Tool) and modern ETL (Extract Transform Load) development practices. 

• Experience with workflow orchestration platforms such as Control-M or Apache Airflow (MWAA). 

• Expertise with AWS data services, including Glue, Athena, CloudWatch, and Lambda. 

• Knowledge of modern open table formats such as Iceberg and/or Delta Lake. 

• Experience with Snowflake administration and development. 

• Strong SQL skills and experience with modern database technologies. 

• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.

• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with Kafka, Flink, or other streaming technologies. 

• Familiarity with AI/ML technologies including LLMs, prompt engineering, vector search, and responsible AI practices. 

• Experience using AI-assisted software development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, or similar technologies. 

• Financial services industry experience and understanding of large-scale enterprise data environments. 

• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical delivery initiatives.