Principal Software Engineer - Databricks

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer within the Chief Data Analytics Office to drive scalable AI-enabled products, secure code bases, and enterprise-grade solutions.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and govern advanced analytics platforms that support risk management and product development at scale. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years leading complex tech programs, deep Databricks experience, and a proven ability to influence senior

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading technology organizations.
• Proficient in Python and enterprise SDLC.
• AWS infra provisioning and IAM policies experience.
• Executive-level stakeholder leadership.
• Deep Databricks expertise in large enterprises.
• Experience with agentic AI-enabled development practices.
• Strong governance around responsible AI and data security.
• Ability to manage multiple portfolios and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable coding frameworks and secure production code.
• Review and debug code and improve delivery quality.
• Architect agentic AI-enabled workflows with guardrails.
• Leverage enterprise SDLC tools to improve automation.
• Advise cross-functional teams on technology matters.
• Lead as SME and influence senior stakeholders.
• Develop reusable software frameworks used across teams.
• Guide adoption of AI-enabled development practices.

Skills

Python

SDLC

AWS Terraform

Databricks

Executive leadership

Stakeholder influence

Agentic AI

Responsible AI

Security governance

Tools

Terraform

Job description

The Chief Data & Analytics Office (CDAO) at JPMorgan Chase is responsible for accelerating the firm’s data and analytics journey. This includes ensuring the quality, integrity, and security of the company's data, as well as leveraging this data to generate insights and drive decision-making. The CDAO is also responsible for developing and implementing solutionsthat support the firm’s commercial goals by harnessing artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to develop new products, improve productivity, and enhance risk management effectively and responsibly.

As a Principal Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Chief Data Analytics Office - AIML Data Platforms Team, you provide expertise and engineering excellence as an integral part of an agile team to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Leverage your advanced technical capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best-in-class outcomes across various technologies to support one or more of the firm’s portfolios.

Job responsibilities

• Makes complex and scalable coding frameworks using appropriate software design frameworks
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Architects and governs agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) to improve delivery speed, code quality, and operational outcomes at scale (e.g., AI-driven PR review assistance, test generation/maintenance, release readiness checks, incident triage and root-cause acceleration), while defining guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, and reuse across teams.
• 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 at scale.
• Advises cross-functional teams on technological matters within domain of expertise
• Serves as the function’s go-to subject matter expert
• Contributes to the development of technical methods in specialized fields in line with the latest product development methodologies
• Creates durable, reusable software frameworks that are leveraged across teams and functions
• Influences leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology teams
• Architects and governs agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) to improve delivery speed, code quality, and operational outcomes at scale (e.g., AI-driven PR review assistance, test generation/maintenance, release readiness checks, incident triage and root-cause acceleration), while defining guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, and reuse across teams.
• 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 at scale.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 10+ years of experience (or equivalent expertise) leading technology organizations and delivering complex, enterprise-scale programs.
• Proficient in Python and SDLC processes around it at an enterprise grade.
• Proficient in AWS Infrastructure provisioning using Terraform andHands-on experience in AWS resources focusing on Network boundaries, Resource and IAM policies, cross account / region access patterns and Compute at Scale.
• Executive-level stakeholder leadership: demonstrated ability to influence and align senior leaders across business, product, and technology organizations.
• Deep expertise in Databricks in large enterprises, including architecture, performance tuning, cost management, security patterns, and operational excellence.
• Ability to manage multiple portfolios and competing priorities, establishing clarity, execution discipline, and transparent decision-making.
• Demonstrated experience designing and leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled development practices (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) across teams, including setting standards for human-in-the-loop validation, auditability/traceability of changes, and secure handling of sensitive data.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including security/resiliency implications, data sensitivity, and risk-based governance; ability to influence senior technical leaders on safe scaling patterns and reuse.
• Demonstrated experience designing and leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled development practices (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) across teams, including setting standards for human-in-the-loop validation, auditability/traceability of changes, and secure handling of sensitive data.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including security/resiliency implications, data sensitivity, and risk-based governance; ability to influence senior technical leaders on safe scaling patterns and reuse.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong understanding of global data governance, privacy, and regulatory requirements, with the ability to translate them into pragmatic technical architecture decisions and engineering requirements. Strong understanding of modern data platform architectures (data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouse) and distributed computing frameworks.
• Proven experience with enterprise metadata, catalog, and lineage platforms, plus practical expertise with data contracts and schema governance.