Senior Lead Software Engineer -Python and Databricks

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join their Global Banking, Data, Analytics & Technology division in Glasgow. This pivotal role involves developing high-quality technology products and driving operational stability. Ideal candidates will possess advanced programming skills, particularly in Python and data analytics on cloud platforms like AWS. The position promotes a culture of innovation, diversity, and inclusion, with a strong focus on security and scalability.

Qualifications

• Advanced experience in delivering system design and application development.
• Proficient in high-quality code development and technical guidance.
• Experience in data quality testing and writing efficient SQL queries.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical guidance and direction to support business goals.
• Develops secure and efficient production code.
• Drives product design and operational decisions.

Skills

Python

Data Analytics

SQL

Cloud Technologies

Big Data

Machine Learning

Database Management

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Iceberg

Kafka

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Job Description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Global Banking, Data, Analytics & Technology division, you will be an integral part of an agile team dedicated to advancing, creating, and deploying high-quality technology products, prioritizing security, stability, and scalability. Your profound technical knowledge and problem-solving skills will have a substantial impact on the business, as you address a variety of challenges across numerous technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

• 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
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
• 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 proficient advanced experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s), Python is required
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Experience performing data analytics on AWS platforms
• Experience in writing efficient SQL's, implementing complex ETL transformations on big data platform.
• Experience in a Big Data technologies (Spark, Impala, Hive, Redshift, Kafka, etc.)
• Experience in data quality testing; adept at writing test cases and scripts, presenting and resolving data issues
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Iceberg are required

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in application and data design disciplines with an emphasis on real-time processing and delivery e.g. Kafka is preferable
• Understanding of the Commercial & Investment Bank business will be useful.
• Proficiency across the full range of database and business intelligence tools; publishing and presenting information in an engaging way is a plus
• Financial Services and Commercial and Investment Banking experience is a plus
• Familiarity with NoSQL database platforms(DynamoDB, Cassandra) is a plus
• Familiarity with relational database environment (Oracle, SQL Server, etc.) leveraging databases, tables/views, stored procedures, agent jobs, etc.

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.