Lead Spark & Java Big Data Engineer

Testing Site - JPMC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in New Jersey seeks a Lead Software Engineer within Corporate Technology to drive design, development, and troubleshooting of trusted tech products across multiple business functions. You will contribute to secure, scalable production code and collaborate with global teams in an agile environment.

The role emphasizes engineering leadership, advanced programming across Java, Python, and Scala, and expertise in AWS, Spark, and CI/CD practices to support robust, compliant solutions.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability, including AWS cloud computing.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more languages: Java, Python, Scala and Strong SQL and database skills.
• Experience with data structures and algorithms and efficient coding practices.
• Experience with Spark and distributed computing.
• Demonstrated proficiency in code optimization and refactoring to enhance scalability and performance.
• Ability to collaborate well with global teams in geographically distributed locations across time zones.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
• Experience with automation and continuous delivery methods.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Designs, develops, codes, and troubleshoots with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain to improve the value realized by automation
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Gathers, analyzes, and draws conclusions from large, diverse data sets to identify problems and contribute to decision‑making in service of secure, stable application development
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others

Skills

Java

Python

Scala

SQL

Spark

Distributed computing

CI/CD

Security

AWS

Data analysis

Tools

Spark

AWS

Job description

JPMorgan Chase in New Jersey seeks a Lead Software Engineer within Corporate Technology to drive design, development, and troubleshooting of trusted tech products across multiple business functions. You will contribute to secure, scalable production code and collaborate with global teams in an agile environment.

The role emphasizes engineering leadership, advanced programming across Java, Python, and Scala, and expertise in AWS, Spark, and CI/CD practices to support robust, compliant solutions.