Corporate Technology - Lead Data Engineer

Join a team that designs and develops scalable and secure distributed architectures and solutions, focusing on data ingestion and processing utilizing appropriate cloud native technologies and services.As a Lead Data Engineer, within our Corporate Technology Team, you will design, implement, and maintain data pipelines that efficiently collect, process, and store large volumes of data from various sources, ensuring data timeliness, quality, and completeness, and ensure that data solutions comply with relevant data residency and privacy regulations, and implement best practices for securing data at rest and in transit in compliance with financial regulations and firm wide policies.Job Qualifications:Design and develop scalable and secure distributed architectures and solutions, focusing on data ingestion and processing - utilizing appropriate cloud native technologies and services.Data pipeline development: Design, implement, and maintain data pipelines that efficiently collect, process, and store large volumes of data from various sources, ensuring data timeliness, quality, and completeness.Security and compliance: Ensure that data solutions comply with relevant data residency and privacy regulations, and implement best practices for securing data at rest and in transit in compliance with financial regulations and firm wide policies.Engages technical teams and business stakeholders to discuss and propose technical approaches to meet current and future needsDefines the technical target state of their product and drives achievement of the strategyEvaluates recommendations and provides feedback on new technologiesExecutes creative software solutions, design, and developmentRequired Qualifications, capabilities, and skills:Programming: Comfortable with Java/Python including sound testing and code review practices.SQL expertise: Joins, aggregations, subqueries, window functionsData pipelines: Design, build, and optimize production ETL/ELT pipelines (batch + streaming) using a popular framework (Spark, Flink, Dataflow, etc).Streaming: Hands-on with Kafka (topics, keys, partitions, consumer groups) at-least-once semantics, and schema registry basics.Warehousing/Lakehouse: Data modelling, partitioning, clustering. Hands-on with one of Snowflake, Databricks, etc, and cloud storage or HDFS.Cloud: Production experience with at least one major cloud provider (GCP/AWS) using native data services . FinOps-aware with cost-effective design.Reliability: Data quality checks, backfills, incorporating SLIs with observability and reporting and lakehouse platforms and table formats (Delta/Iceberg/Avro/Parquet) and time-travel.Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:Experience with Kafka, Flink, or other streaming technologies. Familiarity with AI/ML technologies including LLMs, prompt engineering, vector search, and responsible AI practices and experience using AI-assisted software development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, or similar technologies. Financial services industry experience and understanding of large-scale enterprise data environments. Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical delivery initiatives. 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 offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process. 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.JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/VeteransOur professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.Full timePosting Date: 2026-09-23