Java Lead Software Engineer
JPMorgan Chase14 hours ago
Glasgow, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and troubleshoot Python-based services, batch jobs, and data pipelines.
- Write secure, reliable, readable, and performant production Python code.
- Create design artifacts covering pipeline orchestration, processing logic, dependencies, failure handling, and service-level objectives.
- Analyze data to produce reports, metrics, visualizations, and operational insights.
- Detect data quality issues, drift, anomalies, execution bottlenecks, and other patterns to improve systems.
- Deliver projects independently or within distributed agile teams while maintaining ownership and accountability.
- Improve internal libraries and utilities, participate in engineering communities, and evaluate emerging technologies.
- Use authorized AI-assisted development and automation tools while validating outputs through review, testing, and secure coding practices.
Requirements
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience.
- Hands-on experience with system design, Python application development, testing, and production operational stability.
- Strong Python proficiency for data processing, APIs and services, scripting, and automation.
- Experience with data engineering and analytics platforms such as PySpark, Databricks, Airflow, or similar orchestration tools.
- Experience with relational databases and SQL, plus familiarity with NoSQL databases and data modeling.
- Knowledge of data ingestion, validation, transformation, storage, governance, lineage, and consumption patterns.
- Ability to develop, debug, and maintain code in large enterprise environments with established controls and standards.
- Understanding of software development lifecycle practices, agile methodologies, continuous integration and delivery, resiliency, security, observability, and monitoring.
- Hands-on experience with authorized AI-assisted software development tools and the ability to critically evaluate generated outputs.
- Understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs and outputs, resiliency, and security expectations.
- Preferred: exposure to managed data platforms, streaming services, container orchestration, object storage, managed databases, and serverless compute.
- Preferred: experience with streaming and event-driven systems in payments or financial services.
- Preferred: familiarity with payment regulatory reporting requirements and related data workflows.
About JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase provides consumer and commercial banking, payments, credit card, wealth management, and corporate and investment banking services to individuals, businesses, institutions, and governments. The public company (NYSE: JPM) earns revenue from interest, fees, trading, and asset management across operations in more than 100 markets. Headquartered in New York City with roots dating to 1799, it serves retail customers and prominent corporate and government clients through brands including Chase and J.P. Morgan.