Lead Data Platform Engineer — AI, Spark & Cloud

JP Morgan Chase; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

On-site wellness centers

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Financial coaching

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Glasgow is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to build a trusted Global KYC and Risk Data Platform within Corporate Technology. You will lead cross-functional teams delivering secure, scalable data solutions using Spark/PySpark, Databricks, Snowflake, and modern data tooling.

You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions across multiple teams, and collaborate with senior leaders to deliver high-impact results in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development and operations at enterprise scale.
• Expertise in Python and/or PySpark and Spark ecosystem.
• Cloud-native experience across AWS/Azure/GCP and data platforms like Databricks or Snowflake.
• Experience with large-scale data processing, microservices, Kafka, Redis, and observability tools.
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, data lakes, and data governance.
• Ability to present to senior leadership and drive inclusive teamwork.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical mindset, and adaptability in fast-paced environments.
• Experience with modern data platforms and LLM orchestration frameworks is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure, high-quality production code for data-intensive applications.
• Review code and mentor engineers to foster growth and excellence.
• Create durable, reusable software frameworks for cross-team use.
• Drive adoption of advanced technical methods and industry-standard practices.
• Lead architectural decisions and engineering practices across multiple teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver impactful data solutions.
• Support a culture of innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Mentoring

Communication

Problem solving

Teamwork

Adaptability

Tools

Python

PySpark

Spark

Databricks

Snowflake

Airflow

Kafka

Redis

Dynatrace

Splunk

Grafana

Temporal

AWS

Azure

GCP

Iceberg

LLM

Bedrock

Job description

JPMorgan Chase in Glasgow is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to build a trusted Global KYC and Risk Data Platform within Corporate Technology. You will lead cross-functional teams delivering secure, scalable data solutions using Spark/PySpark, Databricks, Snowflake, and modern data tooling.

You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions across multiple teams, and collaborate with senior leaders to deliver high-impact results in a fast-paced environment.