Lead Data Engineer — Cloud, Lakehouse & Spark

Testing Site - JPMC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the United States seeks a Lead Software Engineer - Data to advance trusted data platforms within the Cloud Financial Management Technology group. You will contribute as a core technical contributor, delivering scalable data solutions in an agile environment.

Strong communication and mentoring across teams are valued. This role emphasizes design, code quality, security, and operational reliability, while collaborating with internal teams and external vendors to meet

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud technologies and data engineering practices.
• Strong understanding of data modeling and governance in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and designs scalable data platforms.
• Develops secure high-quality production code and reviews peers' work.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation for stability.
• Leads evaluations with vendors and internal teams on architectural designs.
• Drives communities of practice and promotes inclusive team culture.
• Contributes to engineering discipline and best practices across the team.

Skills

Python data engineering

PySpark/SparkSQL

Spark tuning

S3 data lake security

Lakehouse formats

Distributed data warehouses

SDLC proficiency

CI/CD & Agile

Finance IT domain

Vendor/teams collaboration

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the United States seeks a Lead Software Engineer - Data to advance trusted data platforms within the Cloud Financial Management Technology group. You will contribute as a core technical contributor, delivering scalable data solutions in an agile environment.

Strong communication and mentoring across teams are valued. This role emphasizes design, code quality, security, and operational reliability, while collaborating with internal teams and external vendors to meet