Lead Software Engineer (Databricks)

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

At JPMorgan Chase, you’ll join a team that values diverse perspectives and encourages bold thinking. We foster a supportive, blame-free environment where you can take risks, learn, and grow. You’ll have the autonomy to work on meaningful projects while receiving mentorship and support. We’re excited to see how your unique background and ideas will help shape our future together.

As a Manager of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase as a part of Employee Platforms, you will lead and inspire a group of talented engineers to deliver secure, stable, and scalable technology solutions. You will play a key role in designing, developing, and troubleshooting software components that drive our state-of-the-art products. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams and help shape the technical direction of our projects. Your leadership will empower your team to innovate and excel.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage data integration and analysis across diverse systems
• Build extensible data acquisition and integration solutions to meet client requirements
• Implement processes to extract, transform, and distribute data from various sources
• Provide expertise in problem-solving and complex data analysis for business intelligence integration
• Collaborate with internal product development and cross-functional teams
• Work with remote and geographically distributed teams to deliver consumable products

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Experience in data integration projects using Big Data technologies, preferably in human resources analytics
• Proven ability to manage engineering teams
• Hands-on experience with AWS Data Warehousing and database platforms (Databricks preferred), including EMR, S3, AWS Glue, Lambda, Apache Airflow, and Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Proficiency in Spark engineering with PySpark or Scala for scalable data pipelines
• Experience building streaming applications using Kafka
• Strong background in CI/CD using Jenkins, Git, Artifactory, YAML, and Maven for cloud deployments
• Knowledge of Big Data querying tools such as Athena, RDS, and Databricks
• Experience integrating data from various file-storage formats (Parquet, ORC, Avro) and table formats (Delta Lake, Iceberg)
• Familiarity with Java open-source tools, API standards, JUnit, Spring Boot, and Swagger
• Experience using AI-assisted developer productivity tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot)
• Technical expertise in building scalable, high-performance distributed systems
• Knowledge of Data Warehousing, Data Modeling, Data Lake, and Data Security concepts
• Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Experience with Oracle/SQL and NoSQL data stores such as DynamoDB
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies in a dynamic environment

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Experience leading data integration projects in large, complex organizations
• Advanced knowledge of cloud-based data solutions
• Familiarity with emerging technologies in data engineering and analytics
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineering talent
• Experience working in agile development environments
• Strong track record of delivering innovative solutions
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive and collaborative team culture