Senior Data Platform Lead: Databricks & AI

Aumni; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Plano, TX to drive enterprise data products and scalable data platforms. You will mentor a team, set engineering standards, and lead advanced data engineering initiatives across analytical, operational, and AI-driven use cases.

You will work with architects, product teams, and data producers to translate business needs into robust data solutions, ensuring security, reliability, and performance in a large enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• 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 AI-assisted software development tools 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 adoption.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of scalable, reliable data products.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across design, implementation, code reviews, troubleshooting, and production readiness.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.
• Apply SDLC tools and AI-assisted development to improve automation value.
• Establish and promote Data Engineering patterns and standards.
• Design solutions supporting 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 to translate business needs into data solutions.
• Mentor engineers and build Data Engineering capability within the team.
• Identify opportunities to simplify platforms and increase reuse.

Skills

Databricks

Data engineering

AI-assisted tools

Leadership

Programming languages

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Databricks ecosystem

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Plano, TX to drive enterprise data products and scalable data platforms. You will mentor a team, set engineering standards, and lead advanced data engineering initiatives across analytical, operational, and AI-driven use cases.

You will work with architects, product teams, and data producers to translate business needs into robust data solutions, ensuring security, reliability, and performance in a large enterprise environment.