Data Engineer III - Python, Databricks

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Houston, TX

About The Position

As a Data Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within our agile team, you will design and deliver reliable data collection, storage, access, and analytics solutions that are secure, stable, and scalable. You will develop, test, and maintain essential data pipelines and architectures, supporting various business functions to achieve the firm’s goals. Working with us, you will use your skills to drive innovation and help shape our team culture. Together, we focus on excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3 years applied experience.
Good working knowledge of AWS, Databricks, and Python, Experience across the data lifecycle.
Advanced at SQL, including joins and aggregations, Working understanding of NoSQL databases.
Significant experience with statistical data analysis and ability to determine appropriate tools and data patterns for analysis.
Utilize AWS Cloud Services for developing, deploying, and managing applications at scale.
Proficiency in AI Coding Assistants, Daily use of tools like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude to accelerate code generation, documentation, and refactoring.
Effective Prompt Engineering, Providing AI models with context, clear goals, relevant source material, and - defined output expectations to generate accurate, usable code.
Critical Evaluation & Validation, Ability to identify hallucination patterns, security vulnerabilities, and logic errors in AI-generated code, ensuring safety before production deployment.
Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support data engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
Ability to review and validate AI-assisted outputs (e.g., query suggestions, test ideas, or model change summaries) before use, escalating when uncertain and following data handling requirements.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with the Standardized data layer practices (Medallion architecture)
Exposure to Aurora Postgres and MongoDB
Experience developing and supporting AWS GLUE Jobs, Federated Data Lake
Skills in designing efficient data models including normalization, denormalization, and schema design and an understanding around relational and star schemas.
Augmented Development Workflow: Integrating tools into CI/CD pipelines, containerization (e.g., Docker), and leveraging AI to quickly bridge language gaps (e.g., transitioning between Python, JavaScript, or Java).

Responsibilities

Develop workflows and ELT pipelines using Python and Databricks.
Support review of controls to ensure sufficient protection of enterprise data.
Implement data security using entitlements frameworks.
Update logical or physical data models based on new use cases.
Use SQL frequently and understand NoSQL databases.
Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate data pipeline/design analysis and documentation, validating outputs and handling data according to sensitivity and security requirements.
Applies reuse-first, AI-assisted practices to strengthen SDLC-quality routines for data pipelines (e.g., test generation and control validation), ensuring traceability/auditability and alignment to resiliency and security expectations.