Senior Manager of Software Engineering - Big Data, Databricks

Next Frontier Capital; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Plano, Texas seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join an agile Risk Technology team. Lead technologists and contribute to design, development, and secure production code delivery.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted engineering, automated testing, and governance across the SDLC, with a focus on AWS cloud-native architectures and scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Formal training and 5+ years applied software engineering experience.
• 2+ years leading technologists to solve complex items within your domain.
• Drives adoption and governance of AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, speed, and operations with measurable standards.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC tools and automation capabilities to scale automation at scale.
• Regularly provides technical guidance to support the business and its teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Good knowledge of Machine Learning modelling as an engineer.
• Advanced in one or more programming languages and frameworks (Python, Java, Big Data, ML).
• Advanced knowledge of cloud, AI, machine learning, and software architecture disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and direction to business teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review others' code.
• Drive AI-assisted engineering adoption across teams with governance and automated testing.
• Apply SDLC toolchain knowledge to improve automation at scale.
• Design and develop large-scale cloud-native solutions using AWS.
• Migrate legacy and big data apps to cloud-native implementations with minimal downtime.
• Influence decisions on product design, application functionality, and operations.

Skills

Python

Java

Cloud (AWS)

Machine Learning

SDLC tools

Leadership

Problem-solving

Big Data

Tools

AWS

Databricks

Spark

Hadoop

Pandas/Numpy

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking - Risk Technology Portfolio 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities:

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives adoption and governance of approved AI assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, deliver speed, and operation outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patters and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale
• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Design and develop large-scale solutions or platforms using Cloud services (i.e. AWS) in alignment with the firm wide strategies and security controls
• Deploy and enable cloud based solutions at firm level, supporting complex analytics and day to day business operations
• Migrate legacy an big data applications at Cloud native applications with zero downtime
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Develop solutions or tools to monitor, provision components for automation or the processes, services, and reports
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Formal training and certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, 2+ years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Drives adoption and governance of approved AI assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, deliver speed, and operation outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patters and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale
• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Good knowledge of Machine Learning modelling as an engineer
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) and framework(s) (i.e., Python, Java, Big Data, Data pipeline, Machine Learning, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines, and working in software development, OOPS and SDLC
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Practical cloud native experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• AWS certifications (e.g. Solutions Architect Associate)
• Knowledge of RAG architectures and exposure to AI/Automation technologies that improve operations
• Experience with building Data Pipelines in Spark, Tuning Spark queries
• Understands Python Machine Learning libraries and ecosystems (i.e., Pandas, Numpy, etc.)
• Working knowledge with Big Data platforms (i.e., Hadoop preferred)
• Experience in Cloud Technologies (i.e., AWS - Databricks preferred)

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

Our Corporate Technology team relies on smart, driven people like you to develop applications and provide tech support for all our corporate functions across our network. Your efforts will touch lives all over the financial spectrum and across all our divisions: Global Finance, Corporate Treasury, Risk Management, Human Resources, Compliance, Legal, and within the Corporate Administrative Office. You’ll be part of a team specifically built to meet and exceed our evolving technology needs, as well as our technology controls agenda. Drive significant business impact and tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications