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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology Office, you will lead a technical area and drive impact across teams, technologies, and projects spanning multiple departments. You will leverage your deep expertise in software engineering, applications, technical processes, and product management to deliver complex projects and initiatives.
Job responsibilities
- Design, build, maintain and optimize robust ETL data pipelines using Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog) and ensure efficient ingestion, transformation, and storage
- Collaborate with data product owner, business stakeholders, and ensure best practices in data engineering, software engineering and resilient cloud architecture
- Architect and implement data lake and data warehouse solutions leveraging AWS services (S3, Glue, SQS, SNS, Lambda, EMR, etc.)
- Collaborate with cross team to propose and build new solution for supporting overall application platform by the means of observability, orchestration, resiliency, developer experience, automation.
- Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers, providing technical guidance and code reviews
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune data pipelines and cloud resources for optimal performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
- Promote reusability across data pipelines and operational simplicity by introducing good observability standards
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- 5+ years of hands-on professional experience in one or more programming language(s), including Java or Python for data engineering tasks
- Hands-on experience with Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake, notebooks, job orchestration), AWS data services(EMR, Athena, Glue, S3)
- Hands-on experience utilizing Apache Spark for large-scale data processing, including developing and optimizing data pipelines, performing real-time and batch analytics, and leveraging Spark’s libraries for machine learning and data transformation to drive actionable business insights.
- Experience of leveraging AI tools for Developer productivity increase (SDD, Agentic AI, Skills, Copilot, Claude Code etc.)
- Experience with modern monitoring and logging tools (e.g. Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus).
- Proficiency in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle with familiarity on CI/CD, DevOps, and infrastructure-as-code tools in cloud environments
- Proven leadership experience in leading and mentoring varying levels of software engineers
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Application development experience in delivering complicated enterprise Investment Banking application for Market Surveillance, or Investment Banking Front-office Trading Systems or Analytics Systems in FX, Commodities, Equities and Equities Derivatives domains
- Familiarity with SpringBoot based microservices architecture and RESTful API development.
- Experience in Container technologies (i.e. Kubernetes and Docker)
- Experience in Kafka streaming
- Financial Products knowledge of Futures & Options, FX, Commodities, Equities and Equities Derivatives, as well as trade lifecycles and/or order workflow
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
Skills Required
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts with 5+ years applied experience
- 5+ years hands-on experience in Java or Python for data engineering tasks
- Hands-on experience with Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, notebooks, job orchestration)
- Hands-on experience with AWS data services (S3, Glue, EMR, Athena, SQS, SNS, Lambda)
- Hands-on experience utilizing Apache Spark for large-scale data processing (real-time and batch)
- Experience leveraging AI developer productivity tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude Code, agentic AI)
- Experience with modern monitoring and logging tools (Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus)
- Proficiency in SDLC, CI/CD, DevOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code in cloud environments
- Proven leadership experience leading and mentoring software engineers
- Application development experience in investment banking front-office, market surveillance, or analytics (preferred)
- Familiarity with SpringBoot-based microservices and RESTful API development (preferred)
- Experience with Kubernetes and Docker (preferred)
- Experience with Kafka streaming (preferred)
- Financial products knowledge (Futures & Options, FX, Commodities, Equities, Derivatives) (preferred)
JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and mental-health coverage are broad, with wellness incentives, on-site or virtual care, and an EAP offering coaching and counseling. Plan materials emphasize accessible options, including multiple medical choices and tools to manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave extends up to 16 weeks for all parents, supplemented by paid Critical Caregiver Leave. Family resources include backup childcare via Bright Horizons, lactation support and milk-shipping, family-building assistance, and even a free five-month SNOO rental for newborns.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with an annual company match and automatic pay credits for most employees, with a legacy pension available to earlier hires. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a 5% discount further supports long-term savings.
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What We Do
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products. Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. ©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.
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