Lead Software Engineer Data Lake

J.P. Morgan; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their Corporate Technology team. In this role, you will be pivotal in enhancing and delivering market-leading technology products. Your responsibilities will include creating scalable coding frameworks, developing secure production code, and providing technical guidance to teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Python and SQL, with a solid understanding of software applications and processes. Join a collaborative environment where your contributions will shape the future of technology solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive development experience using Python and SQL.
• Hands-on experience in data lake or data warehouse technologies.

Responsibilities

• Creates complex and scalable coding frameworks using appropriate software design frameworks.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews code written by the team.

Skills

Python

SQL

Software Engineering Concepts

Data Ingestion

Data Storage

APIs

System Design

Agile Development

Education

Computer Science

Computer Engineering

Mathematics

Tools

Spark

ETL

Databricks

AWS

GCP

Java

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Corporate Technology, youare an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Creates complex and scalable coding frameworks using appropriate software design frameworks
• Develops secure and high quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by the team
• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience
• Extensive development experience using Python/SQL
• Solid understanding of software applications and technical processes within a related technical discipline (e.g. data ingestion, data storage, data serving, APIs, etc.).
• Hands-on experience in data lake or data warehouse and related technologies (e.g. Spark, ETL, Databricks).
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• Currently working in an agile development environment and supporting tooling

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Exposure to cloud technologies (AWS or GCP) via hands on experience or certification
• Advanced in other programming languages, such as Java