Lead Software Engineer - Data/Payments Technology

JP Morgan Chase Bank; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase currently seeks a Lead Software Engineer in Plano, TX to drive enterprise-scale data products and modern data engineering across multiple business functions. The role emphasizes hands-on Databricks work, AI-assisted tooling adoption, and strong leadership in data architecture and governance.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with architects and product teams, and design scalable solutions for analytical, operational, and AI-driven use cases.

Qualifications

• Formal training with 5+ years in software or data engineering.
• 10+ years building enterprise-scale software/data solutions.
• Hands-on system design, development, testing and operations.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages.
• Experience leading AI-assisted development tools with governance.
• Strong in responsible AI, data sensitivity, security and resiliency.
• Deep Databricks experience and distributed data processing.
• Solid data engineering fundamentals: modeling, integration, data products.
• Experience designing/operating large-scale data platforms in enterprises.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and influence direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of scalable, enterprise data products.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across design, implementation, reviews, and production readiness
• Drive adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality and speed
• Apply SDLC toolchain knowledge to improve automation and value
• Establish and promote data engineering patterns and standards
• Design solutions for analytical, operational, reporting, and AI-driven use cases
• Drive data quality, reliability, observability, governance, performance, and scalability
• Partner with architects, product teams, engineers, and data producers/consumers
• Mentor engineers and build data engineering capability
• Identify opportunities to simplify platforms and increase reuse

Skills

Data Engineering

Databricks

AI-assisted tools

Data Modeling

Distributed processing

Data Architecture

Problem solving

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 - Global Banking Sales Enablement team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology and data 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.