JPMorgan Chase
Principal Software Engineer - Databricks
$204K–$285K
Jersey City, NJ · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years, or equivalent expertise.
About the job
Leads engineering for enterprise-scale data platforms, with a focus on Databricks architecture and adopting governed, AI-enabled development workflows.
What you'll do
- Builds secure, scalable production code and reusable frameworks; reviews and debugs others’ code.
- Architects and governs agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows, setting controls for validation, security, resiliency, and reuse.
- Advises and influences senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams on technology and delivery across portfolios.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience, or equivalent expertise, leading technology organizations and delivering complex, enterprise-scale programs.
- Proficiency in Python and enterprise-grade SDLC processes.
- Proficiency provisioning AWS infrastructure with Terraform, plus hands-on AWS experience with network boundaries, resource and IAM policies, cross-account/region access, and compute at scale.
- Deep enterprise Databricks expertise; executive-level stakeholder leadership; portfolio prioritization; and experience leading adoption of agentic AI development practices with responsible-use controls.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of global data governance, privacy, regulatory requirements, modern data platform architectures, and distributed computing frameworks.
- Experience with enterprise metadata, catalog, and lineage platforms, data contracts, and schema governance.
Pay
USD 204,250.00-$285,000.00 base salary
Tools
Python, AWS, Terraform, Databricks
AI focus
Leads adoption and governance of agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows, including AI-assisted code review, test generation and maintenance, release readiness, incident triage, and root-cause acceleration, with human validation, auditability, and secure data handling.
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