JPMorgan Chase
Lead Software Engineer - Data/Payments Technology
Plano, TX · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of applied experience; minimum 10+ years of software and/or data engineering experience.
- Education
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts; no degree requirement stated.
About the job
Leads hands-on design and delivery of scalable enterprise data products and platforms, while setting engineering practices and guiding the team’s use of approved AI-assisted development tools.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and operate reliable, reusable enterprise data products, including improving data quality, governance, observability, performance, and scalability.
- Provide technical leadership through solution design, implementation, code reviews, troubleshooting, and production readiness; establish data engineering patterns and mentor engineers.
- Promote approved AI-assisted engineering practices with validation standards for correctness, performance, security, and responsible use.
What they ask for
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
- 10+ years of software and/or data engineering experience building enterprise-scale solutions.
- Hands-on experience with system design, application development, testing, operational stability, and Databricks and distributed data processing technologies.
- Advanced programming ability; strong data engineering fundamentals and experience building production-grade solutions and large-scale enterprise data platforms.
Nice to have
- Experience with modern enterprise data platforms, cloud-native architectures, real-time, analytical, or AI/ML-oriented data use cases, or regulated industries.
- Relevant Databricks, Cloud, or Data Engineering certification.
Tools
Databricks
AI focus
Leads adoption of approved AI-assisted engineering tools for coding, code review/refactoring, test acceleration, troubleshooting, and incident/root-cause analysis; sets validation and responsible-use practices.
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