Senior Director, Software Engineering - Data Platforms

Salary: $61,000 - 101,000 per year Requirements:

• Formal training or certification in data engineering concepts, plus 12+ years of applied experience
• 8+ years leading technologists and software engineers to manage, anticipate, and resolve complex technical issues within the domain
• Hands-on experience in data engineering development, testing, and automation
• Practical experience with Databricks, DBX, PySpark, Spark, cloud platforms, Terraform, Kafka, Python or Scala, Glue or EMR, and AI developer automation tools for unit testing
• Experience with BI consumption tools such as Sigma, Genie, and Tableau SaaS
• Ability to manage governance with Unity Catalog and data access with Immuta
• Experience building and leading cross-functional teams of technologists
• Experience working with internet-scale data volume and size
• Experience hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Experience leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager
• Experience with big data technologies and complex data processing requirements
• Experience building data pipelines and platforms in the cloud, including AWS S3, Databricks, GCP, and Azure
• Hands-on coding experience at the source code level
• Financial services experience is preferred

• Build data pipeline and architecture solutions that can be reused across multiple businesses and easily adapted
• Promote strong data production practices across extraction, transformation, reconciliation, data quality, and security
• Apply test-driven and data-driven development approaches
• Design modular, repeatable frameworks to create a data production factory and reduce ad hoc data generation
• Lead data engineering scrum teams to deliver functional technology goals and influence peer leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and data technology
• Partner with Product and Architecture on strategic decisions affecting resources, budget, operations, and process implementation
• Maintain code-level accountability for SDLC, design patterns, and engineer upskilling
• Modernize data platforms to improve stability, timeliness, completeness, quality, security, FinOps, operational excellence, and ease of consumption
• Own governance decisions, control obligations, and success measures such as cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations
• Champion our culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Transform traditional HR and employee experience capabilities into scalable modern data product offerings

• AI
• AWS
• Azure
• Big Data
• Cloud
• Databricks
• GCP
• Support
• Kafka
• Product Manager
• Product Owner
• Python
• PySpark
• Scala
• Security
• Spark
• Tableau
• Terraform
• Unity
• GameDev
• Network

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We are collaborating with hackajob to connect with exceptional professionals for this opportunity at J.P. Morgan. This Senior Director of Software Engineering role sits within JPMorganChases Employee Platforms organization on the Workforce Experience Technology Workforce Data and Analytics team, where we lead multiple technical areas and drive data engineering across HR, Employee Experience, CAO, and EP technology. We offer a competitive total rewards package, with base pay determined by role, experience, skill set, and location, plus potential incentive compensation and a wide range of benefits for eligible employees, including comprehensive health care, wellness centers, retirement savings, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching, and more. We are proud of our 200+ year history, our leadership in financial services, and our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity. Our Corporate Technology team builds applications and provides tech support across corporate functions including Global Finance, Corporate Treasury, Risk Management, Human Resources, Compliance, Legal, and the Corporate Administrative Office.

last updated 36 week of 2026