Lead Software Engineer - AWS

Fairygodboss; Dublin; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairygodboss is seeking a Manager of Software Engineer to join our Workforce Technology team in Dublin, Ireland. This role involves managing projects related to data integration and data analysis while leading a team of engineers. Candidates should have extensive experience with Big Data Technologies and AWS Data Warehousing.

Key responsibilities include building data solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving innovative data strategies. We value diversity and inclusion, recognizing that a diverse workforce contributes to our success.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in data integration using Big Data Technologies.
• Strong experience managing engineering teams.
• Expertise in AWS Data Warehousing and delivery tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage data integration projects across systems.
• Build solutions for data acquisition and integration.
• Interface with internal product development teams.

Skills

Data integration using Big Data Technologies

Team management for 5–10 engineers

AWS Data Warehousing

Spark engineering with PySpark/Scala

CI/CD using Jenkins and Git

Big Data querying with Athena and Databricks

Data integration from various file formats

Java open source and API standards

AI-assisted development tools

Distributed systems expertise

Tools

AWS Glue

Apache Airflow

Terraform

Oracle/SQL

DynamoDB

Job description

Job Summary

As a Manager of Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within our Workforce Technology team, you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components of the firm's state‑of‑the‑art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage data integration and data analysis of disparate systems
• Build extensible data acquisition and integration solutions to meet the functional and non‑functional requirements of the client
• Implement processes and logic to extract, transform, and distribute data across one or more data stores from a wide variety of sources
• Provide problem‑solving expertise and complex analysis of data to develop business intelligence integration designs
• Interface with other internal product development teams as well as cross‑functional teams (Product Management, Integration Engineering, Quality Engineering, System Admin Teams)
• Work with remote and geographically distributed teams to enable building the right products, using the right building blocks, and making them consumable by other products easily

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience in data integration projects using Big Data Technologies, preferably related to human resources analytics
• Experience managing a team of at least 5–10 engineers
• Experience in AWS Data Warehousing and database platforms with hands‑on delivery using EMR, S3, AWS Glue, Lambda, Apache Airflow and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (e.g., Terraform/CloudFormation)
• 5+ years hands‑on experience on Spark engineering with PySpark/Scala for building and optimizing scalable data pipelines and 2+ years hands‑on experience building streaming applications using Kafka
• Strong experience in CI/CD using Jenkins, Git, Artifactory, Yaml, Maven for cloud deployments
• Good knowledge of Big Data querying tools, such as Athena, RDS, Databricks
• Experience integrating data from different file‑storage formats like Parquet, ORC, Avro and table formats like Delta Lake or Iceberg
• Good knowledge of Java open source, API standards, JUnits, Spring Boot applications, Swagger Setup
• Experience using AI‑assisted developer productivity tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to speed up development, testing, and remediation
• Strong technical understanding in building scalable, high‑performance distributed services/systems
• Strong knowledge of Data Warehousing, Data Modeling and Data Lake, Data Security concepts
• Possesses strong problem solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills, as well as excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to different audiences
• Experience in technologies like Oracle/SQL and NoSQL data stores such as DynamoDB
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies in a dynamic environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Databricks
• Experience in Human Resources analytics

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.