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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Scientist Lead, Vice President - **Company:** JPMorgan Chase & Co. - **Location:** Plano, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Code Review, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Structures, Database Queries, Distributed Computing Environment, Python (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Software Development, Operational Databases, Performance Tuning, Systems Development Life Cycle, Cloud Services, Runbook, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Strategies of Testing, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Data Layers, Pyspark, Information Technology, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines, Databricks - **Published:** September 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/jpmorganchase/data-scientist-lead-vice-president-672dfe ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. * 5+ years of hands-on experience delivering production data solutions in a fast-paced engineering environment (actively coding and owning outcomes). * Strong software engineering fundamentals (system design, data structures, object-oriented programming, testing strategies, and end-to-end development lifecycle). * Strong understanding of data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical), including dimensional, normalized, and event-based approaches. * Hands-on experience with Databricks and large-scale distributed data processing/performance tuning (Spark/PySpark). * Strong SQL skills and experience with modern transformation tooling (e.g., dbt), including building maintainable, testable data codebases. * Experience designing and operating orchestration pipelines using Airflow (or equivalent), including backfills, retries, and operational monitoring. * Demonstrated rigor building and maintaining trusted metrics (definitions, edge cases, validation/testing, documentation) and keeping them reliable as upstream sources change. * Demonstrated ability to lead delivery in complex environments with multiple stakeholders and ambiguous requirements. Preferred Qualifications * Experience with modern lakehouse/warehouse patterns and broader cloud data platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake). * Experience with BI/semantic layers and metrics management practices. * Exposure to experimentation or hypothesis-driven analytics approaches (e.g., measurement design to support tests, rollouts, and pre/post evaluation); deep causal specialization not required. ## Description We are seeking a Data Engineering Lead to help build and evolve a high-quality measurement data foundation that enables trusted analytics and decision-making at scale. This role focuses on designing and delivering resilient datasets, pipelines, and reusable metrics that support hypothesis-driven analyses and experiments across the product development lifecycle (PDLC). You'll be hands-on where needed, drive engineering standards, and help teams move faster by improving reliability, observability, and usability across the data lifecycle-so leaders can clearly see what's driving value, what's creating friction, and what operating-model shifts materially improve outcomes as teams become more agentic., * Design, build, and operate scalable data pipelines (batch and/or streaming) with clear SLAs, monitoring, and incident response practices. * Develop and curate trusted data products (e.g., conformed dimensions, event models, marts) with strong documentation and clear ownership. * Build and maintain well-defined metrics and feature-ready datasets that enable measurement of AI adoption and productivity outcomes (e.g., reusable aggregates, cohorting, time-windowed measures), including change control as definitions evolve. * Drive data quality and governance through validations, reconciliations, lineage, access controls, retention, and auditability aligned to requirements. * Develop and operate workflow orchestration (e.g., Apache Airflow) to schedule, monitor, and manage data movement and transformations. * Model and transform data for analytics using SQL/dbt to support trusted reporting and repeatable measurement. * Write production-grade Python/PySpark with disciplined testing, performance tuning, and maintainable design. * Partner with analytics, product, and engineering stakeholders to define requirements, success criteria, and consistent interpretation of key measures-particularly where inputs span finance business cases, PDLC/SDLC tools, and AI tool logs. * Establish and enforce engineering best practices (version control, code review, testing strategy, deployment processes, runbooks) and continuously improve observability and cost/performance (freshness, completeness, timeliness, scalability, spend). * Mentor and develop a team of 2, influencing technical direction through standards, reviews, and knowledge sharing. ## Related Videos - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [PySpark - Combining Machine Learning & Big Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/44-pyspark-combining-machine-learning-big-data) - [Technical Documentation - How Can I Write Them Better and Why Should I Care?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/681-technical-documentation-how-can-i-write-them-better-and-why-should-i-care) - [Enjoying SQL data pipelines with dbt](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/823-enjoying-sql-data-pipelines-with-dbt) - [Empowering Retail Through Applied Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/976-empowering-retail-through-applied-machine-learning) ## Related Articles - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Graph and AI Trends 2026: Why Is AI Running but Not Yet Delivering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/680-graph-and-ai-trends-2026-why-is-ai-running-but-not-yet-delivering) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know)