Lead Data Engineer

Salary: £31,000 - 51,000 per year

Requirements:

• Formal training or certification in data engineering concepts, with applied experience
• Recent hands-on professional experience as a data engineer
• Experience coding in a recent version of Python
• Experience designing and implementing effective tests, including unit, component, integration, end-to-end, and performance tests
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Experience with cloud technologies and distributed systems
• Experience with data transformation frameworks and data pipeline orchestration tools
• Experience managing large volumes of data and optimizing data processing
• Understanding of event-based architecture, data streaming, and messaging frameworks
• Ability to coach team members on coding practices, design principles, and implementation patterns for maintainable solutions
• Ability to manage stakeholders and prioritize work across multiple work streams
• Preferred: experience in a highly regulated environment or industry
• Preferred: experience with AWS cloud technologies
• Preferred: experience with data governance frameworks
• Preferred: understanding of incremental data processing and versioning
• Preferred: understanding of RESTful APIs and web technologies

Responsibilities:

• Deliver end-to-end data pipeline solutions on cloud infrastructure using the latest technologies and best industry practices
• Use domain modelling techniques to build best-in-class business products
• Structure software so it is easy to understand, test, and evolve
• Build solutions that avoid single points of failure using scalable architectural patterns
• Develop secure code to protect our customers and our business from malicious actors
• Investigate and fix issues promptly, and ensure they do not resurface
• Ensure releases happen with zero downtime for our end users
• Ensure data is written and read in ways optimized for our needs
• Monitor performance and use the right approach to identify and solve problems
• Ensure systems are reliable and easy to operate
• Keep our technologies and patterns up to date through continuous improvement
• Support the products we build throughout their entire lifecycle, including production and incident management

Technologies:

• AWS
• Cloud
• Support
• Python
• Web
• Incident Management
• Marketing

More:

We are JPMorgan Chase, and through Chase UK we are transforming digital banking to deliver intuitive and enjoyable customer journeys. We are building the bank of the future from the ground up and expanding our presence in the UK and across Europe. As part of the International Consumer Bank, you will join a collaborative, diverse, inclusive, and geographically distributed team focused on delivering exceptional banking experiences. We offer opportunities to work on data pipelines and reporting capabilities across finance, treasury operations, financial crime prevention, regulatory reporting, analytics, and product areas including card payments, electronic payments, lending, customer onboarding, core banking, and insurance. We are a global financial services leader committed to long-term client relationships, diversity and inclusion, and equal opportunity employment.

last updated 34 week of 2026