Lead Software Engineer - Data/Payments Technology

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase leads in Plano, TX seeking a Lead Software Engineer to shape enterprise data products and data platforms with Databricks. You will drive scalable, secure engineering practices and mentor a growing team in a fast-paced, agile environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on data engineering, solution design, collaboration with architects and product teams, and applying AI-assisted development while ensuring governance and performance.

Qualifications

• Formal software engineering training and 5+ years of applied experience.
• 10+ years of software and/or data engineering experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions.
• Hands-on experience in system design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages.
• Experience leading AI-assisted development tools and practices with governance.
• Understanding responsible AI, data sensitivity, security, and resiliency considerations.
• Deep Databricks and distributed data processing experience.
• Strong data modeling, integration and data product fundamentals.
• Experience with large-scale data platforms in complex environments.
• Strong problem solving and independent troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of scalable, reliable, and reusable enterprise data products.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across solution design, implementation, code reviews, troubleshooting, and production readiness.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and outcomes.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC tools and AI-assisted development to improve automation value.
• Establish and promote effective Data Engineering patterns and standards across the team.
• Design solutions that support analytical, operational, reporting, and AI-driven use cases.
• Drive data quality, reliability, observability, governance, performance, and scalability across data products.
• Partner with architects, product teams, engineers, and data producers/consumers to translate business needs into sustainable data solutions.
• Mentor engineers and help build strong Data Engineering capability within the team.
• Identify opportunities to simplify platforms, improve engineering productivity, and increase reuse.

Skills

Python

SQL

Scala/Java

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Tools

Databricks

Spark

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Digital & Platform Services team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives. You will play a key role in building and evolving enterprise data products and strengthening our Data Engineering capabilities. This role requires a strong hands-on Data Engineer with deep experience in the Databricks ecosystem, enterprise-scale data platforms, and modern data engineering practices. You will contribute directly to solution design and implementation while providing technical leadership, establishing engineering patterns, and helping develop the broader team.

Job responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of scalable, reliable, and reusable enterprise data products.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across solution design, implementation, code reviews, troubleshooting, and production readiness
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
• Establish and promote effective Data Engineering patterns and standards across the team.
• Design solutions that support analytical, operational, reporting, and AI-driven use cases.
• Drive data quality, reliability, observability, governance, performance, and scalability across data products.
• Partner with architects, product teams, engineers, and data producers/consumers to translate business needs into sustainable data solutions.
• Mentor engineers and help build strong Data Engineering capability within the team.
• Identify opportunities to simplify platforms, improve engineering productivity, and increase reuse.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Minimum of 10+ years of software and/or data engineering experience building enterprise-scale solutions.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
• Deep hands-on experience with Databricks and distributed data processing technologies.
• Strong programming and Data Engineering fundamentals with experience building production-grade data solutions.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, data modeling, data integration, and data product principles.
• Experience designing and operating large-scale data platforms and data products in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong engineering judgment with the ability to independently troubleshoot complex technical problems and influence solution direction.
  

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working with modern enterprise data platforms and cloud-native data architectures.
• Experience supporting real-time, analytical, or AI/ML-oriented data use cases.
• Experience delivering data solutions within financial services or another highly regulated environment.
• Relevant Databricks, cloud, or Data Engineering certification.