Director, Data Protection & Platform Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Plano, TX, seeks a Director of Software Engineering to lead a data engineering function within IP Foundation Services Data Protection & Recovery.

You will drive strategy, design, and delivery of data solutions for backup, resiliency, and regulatory compliance across the firm. The role requires hands-on data engineering, building scalable pipelines, data governance, and cloud-native architectures, plus mentoring and cross‑functional leadership to deliver measurable

Qualifications

• 10+ years of applied software engineering experience designing and delivering complex technology solutions.
• Strong hands‑on software engineering background with Java and Python.
• Experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale data platforms, data pipelines, and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of data lineage, data quality, data completeness, data governance, and metadata management.
• Experience managing large datasets and building modern data lake and analytics solutions.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams of technologists across engineering, product, and platform organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of large-scale data engineering solutions supporting the Data Protection & Recovery Product Line.
• Drive initiatives focused on data lineage, data quality, governance, and data lifecycle management across platforms and applications.
• Partner with engineering, product, architecture, infrastructure, and operations teams to solve complex data challenges across upstream and downstream systems.
• Establish technical strategy, architecture direction, engineering standards, and best practices for data engineering initiatives.
• Lead teams building scalable data pipelines, datasets, data services, and reporting capabilities for critical business functions.
• Deliver technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses, platforms, and technology domains.
• Drive engineering excellence through modern software development practices, automation, resiliency, and operational rigor.
• Influence senior technology leaders and stakeholders while balancing strategic objectives with practical execution.
• Ensure solutions meet firmwide security, risk, compliance, resiliency, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices and automation capabilities to improve delivery speed and quality.
• Develop, coach, and mentor engineering talent while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Java

Python

Data engineering

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

Data governance

Data lineage

Data quality

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Formal training in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Oracle

MongoDB

Cassandra

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Plano, TX, seeks a Director of Software Engineering to lead a data engineering function within IP Foundation Services Data Protection & Recovery.

You will drive strategy, design, and delivery of data solutions for backup, resiliency, and regulatory compliance across the firm. The role requires hands-on data engineering, building scalable pipelines, data governance, and cloud-native architectures, plus mentoring and cross‑functional leadership to deliver measurable