Lead Data Engineer

Job Description

Join us as we embark on a journey of collaboration and innovation, where your unique skills and talents will be valued and celebrated. Together we will create a brighter future and make a meaningful difference.

As a Lead Data Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Finance Technology Team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver data collection, storage, access, and analytics solutions in a secure, stable, and scalable way.

Job Responsibilities

• Provides recommendations and insight on data management, governance procedures, and intricacies applicable to the acquisition, maintenance, validation, and utilization of data
• Designs and delivers trusted data collection, storage, access, and analytics data platform solutions in a secure, stable, and scalable way
• Defines database back-up, recovery, and archiving strategy
• Generates advanced data models for one or more teams using firm wide tooling, linear algebra, statistics, and geometrical algorithms
• Approves data analysis tools and processes
• Creates functional and technical documentation supporting best practices
• Advises junior engineers and technologists
• Evaluates and reports on access control processes to determine effectiveness of data asset security
  
  

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Formal training or certification on Data Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Demonstrated leadership abilities, including leading and mentoring a team of data engineers.
• Expertise in designing and implementing scalable data architectures and pipelines.
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python and PySpark.
• Experience with AWS cloud platform including their data services.
• In-depth knowledge of data warehousing solutions and ETL processes.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders.
• Experience with data governance and ensuring data quality and integrity.
• Proficiency in Big Data technologies, with a strong focus on Performance Optimization using best practices
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience with version control systems like Git and CI/CD pipelines for data engineering workflows.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Experience with Databricks using PySpark
• Solid understanding of the Parquet file format.
• Familiarity with machine learning frameworks and integrating them into data pipelines.
  
  

About Us

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 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.

About The Team

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.