Lead Software Engineer Data and Payments Data Platform
Company: JPMorganChase
Location: Austin
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
Description We have an opportunity to impact your career and
provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's
possible. As a Lead Software Engineer - Data and Payments Data
Platform at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment
Banking - Data Analytics Payment 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible
for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple
technical areas within various business functions in support of the
firm’s business objectives. Job responsibilities Executes creative
software solutions, design, development, and technical
troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or
conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical
problems Designs, builds, and maintains scalable data pipelines and
ETL/ELT workflows for batch and real-time processing using Spark,
Airflow, Kafka, and Flink Develops data platform components
including data cataloging, data quality frameworks, and
semantic/metrics layers with embedded governance, lineage, and
compliance standards Implements data modeling strategies (fact and
dimensional, wide tables) to support analytics, reporting, and
downstream consumption Partners with analytics teams, product
managers, and business stakeholders to translate data requirements
into production-grade solutions Develops secure high-quality
production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of
recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of
software applications and systems Leads evaluation sessions with
external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive
outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical
credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and
information architecture Leads communities of practice across
Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and
leading-edge technologies Adds to team culture of diversity,
opportunity, inclusion, and respect Required qualifications,
capabilities, and skills Formal training or certification on
software engineering concepts and 5 years of applied experience
Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application
development, testing, and operational stability 3 years of
professional experience focused on data engineering or data
platform development Advanced in one or more programming
languages(s); Python, Java and SQL Hands-on experience with
distributed data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark and
Flink Solid understanding of data modeling techniques (star schema,
snowflake) and query optimization Experience designing and
operating data pipelines on Databricks using orchestration tools
such as Apache Airflow Proficiency with cloud data services (AWS
S3, Glue, Redshift, Athena, EMR, Lake Formation, or equivalent)
Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD,
Application Resiliency, and Security Demonstrated proficiency in
software applications and technical processes within a technical
discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning,
mobile, etc.) Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Exposure to LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, and
embedding-based retrieval systems Experience with data mesh or data
product architectures Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code
(Terraform) and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with data observability, quality, and metadata
management tools Experience with semantic layers, metrics stores,
or BI platforms (Tableau, dbt Metrics)
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