Lead Software Engineer- Python & AWS | Glasgow, UK

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is seeking a Lead Data Engineer in Glasgow. The role focuses on building and delivering secure data solutions and maintaining intricate data pipelines. Ideal candidates are experienced in Java/Python development, AWS, and big data technologies.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Proficiency in developing, debugging, and maintaining code.

Responsibilities

• Execute software solutions, design and develop applications.
• Maintain critical data pipelines and architectures.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications.

Skills

Java

Python

AWS

Terraform

Data Analysis

Big Data Technologies

Software Development Life Cycle

Education

Certification in Software Engineering

Tools

AWS Glue

AWS Athena

AWS S3

Apache Parquet

Kafka

Databricks

Job description

Job Description

Join us as we embark on a journey of collaboration and innovation, where your unique skills and talents will be valued and celebrated. Together we will create a brighter future and make a meaningful difference.

As a Lead Data Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Bank team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver data collection, storage, access, and analytics solutions in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for maintaining critical data pipelines and architectures across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Development experience in Java and/or Python
• Experience working with any tool (terraform) to provision AWS cloud services
• Experience of AWS Glue, AWS Athena & AWS S3
• Knowledge of Apache Parquet & open table formats such as Delta, Iceberg & Hudi
• Test Driven Development experience in using JUnit, Mojito or similar
• Extensive knowledge and work experience with distributed system and massively parallel processing
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with big data technologies
• Knowledge in working with Databricks, Iceberg
• Familiarity with message bus technologies such as Kafka or AMPS and query engines such as AWS Athena & Redshift
• Knowledge with AWS Lake Formation
• Working knowledge of AWS Glue, AWS Athena & AWS S3
• Experience in financial industry

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

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