Senior Lead Data Platform Engineer - Java/Python

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in London seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to design, build, and enhance data engineering solutions within the Data Platform & Strategy team of Corporate Risk Technology.

You will lead high-impact engineering efforts, develop secure, scalable production code in Java, Python, or other modern languages, and collaborate with agile teams to advance cloud-native data platforms and observability practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in engineering & architecture with hands-on data platform design, development, and operations
• Advanced programming skills in one or more languages (Java, Python, C/C++, or C#)
• Experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Working knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases and data lake architectures
• Experience in large-scale data processing, microservices, API design, Kafka, Redis, Memcached, Observability tools, and orchestration tools
• Proficiency in automation, CD methods, and SDLC
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, resiliency, and security
• Cloud-native experience

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting to solve complex problems
• Develop secure, high-quality production code for data-intensive applications and review code
• Identify opportunities to automate remediation of recurring issues and improve stability
• Lead evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams to assess designs and credentials
• Drive communities of practice across Software Engineering to promote new technologies
• Foster a team culture of opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Skills

Engineering & Architecture

AI/ML

Java

Python

C/C++

C#

Databases

NoSQL

Data lake

Kafka

Redis

Memcached

Observability

Airflow

Temporal

CI/CD

Cloud

Agile

Security

Tools

Dynatrace

Splunk

Grafana

Airflow

Temporal

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in London seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to design, build, and enhance data engineering solutions within the Data Platform & Strategy team of Corporate Risk Technology.

You will lead high-impact engineering efforts, develop secure, scalable production code in Java, Python, or other modern languages, and collaborate with agile teams to advance cloud-native data platforms and observability practices across the organization.