Associate, eSupport/Development Engineer

SMBC Group; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 154,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

SMBC Group in the United States is seeking an Associate Data Engineer/Technology Analyst to join the Market Surveillance Technology team. This hands-on role will support the migration and modernization of a critical data platform, moving from Azure-SQL to Azure Databricks, and will develop scalable data ingestion, transformation, reconciliation, and data-quality processes.

The candidate should have 3–5+ years of relevant experience, strong SQL, Python, PySpark, and Azure Data Factory skills, and

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of relevant experience, preferably within financial services and a regulatory, compliance, risk, surveillance, or similarly controlled data environment.
• Independent analysis of complex datasets, development and optimization of data-processing and analytics logic.
• Troubleshooting production and performance issues to ensure data workloads are accurate, timely, scalable, and traceable.

Responsibilities

• Migrate and modernize data processing from Azure-SQL to Azure Databricks.
• Develop and support scalable data ingestion, transformation, reconciliation, and data-quality processes.
• Optimize Python‑based analytics models; improve code and query efficiency and Spark workloads.

Skills

SQL

Python

PySpark

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Factory

ETL/ELT

Tools

Azure Databricks

PySpark

Job description

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $97,000.00 and $154,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

Role Description

We are seeking an Associate Data Engineer/Technology Analyst to join Market Surveillance Technology team. This hands‑on role will support the development and modernization of a critical data platform used to process and manage data supporting regulatory and compliance surveillance.

The successful candidate will play an important role in the migration and modernization of existing Azure-SQL based data processing to Azure Databricks, while developing and supporting scalable data ingestion, transformation, reconciliation, and data‑quality processes. The position requires advanced SQL expertise and strong hands‑on experience with Python, PySpark, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, ETL/ELT, and data engineering.

The role will also be responsible for optimizing Python‑based analytics models and providing technical expertise across Python, SQL, PySpark, Databricks Runtime, and application and platform performance. This includes analyzing model execution, identifying processing bottlenecks, improving code and query efficiency, optimizing Spark workloads, and helping analytics models operate reliably and efficiently at scale.

Qualifications And Skills

The ideal candidate will have 3–5+ years of relevant experience, preferably within financial services and a regulatory, compliance, risk, surveillance, or similarly controlled data environment. The role requires someone who can independently analyze complex datasets, develop and optimize data‑processing and analytics logic, troubleshoot production and performance issues, and help ensure critical data and analytics workloads are accurate, timely, scalable, and traceable.

SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA‑registered roles for which in‑office attendance for the entire workweek is required.

SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at [e-mail].