Lead Data Engineer

Join our team at Chase UK, where your expertise will help shape our data lake and drive critical business decisions. We offer a collaborative environment with opportunities for career growth and the chance to work on impactful projects using modern technologies.

As a Lead Data Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Chase UK data engineering team, you will design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure. You will leverage modern technologies to tackle unique challenges and contribute to projects with broad impact. Your role will involve creating secure production code, developing reusable frameworks, and executing software solutions with a focus on quality and sustainability.

Job Responsibilities

• Create secure and high-quality production code to deploy infrastructure.
• Develop reusable frameworks, prioritizing quality and long-term sustainability.
• Thrive in a challenging environment and provide hands-on contributions across various projects.
• Execute software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with innovative approaches.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification in Public Cloud engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Excellent programming skills, ideally in Python or another modern programming language.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies, Applicant Resiliency, and Security.
• Experience with Public Cloud services in Production (AWS or other).
• Hands-on experience with big data technologies (eg, Redshift, EMR).
• Comprehensive understanding of modern data platforms, including data governance and observability.
• Self-starter capable of delivering production-ready solutions with minimal supervision.
• Solid theoretical fundamentals in a wide range of topics, including database internals, distributed systems, and design patterns.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Strong experience with EMR.
• Cloud Certifications including AWS Networking Specialty, AWS Developer Associate, AWS Solutions Architect Associate.