Software Engineer III - Cloud Data Platform (AWS/Databricks, Terraform) in Glasgow

Software Engineer III - Cloud Data Platform (AWS/Databricks, Terraform) in Glasgow

Glasgow Full-Time 63000 - 77000 £ / year (est.) Home office (partial)
Jpmorgan Chase & Co.

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Design and build cloud data platforms using AWS and Databricks, ensuring scalability and security.
  • Company: Join JPMorganChase, a leader in innovative financial technology.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, health benefits, remote work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Other info: Dynamic team environment with a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement.
  • Why this job: Make a real impact on data solutions that drive business decisions and insights.
  • Qualifications: Experience with AWS, Terraform, and programming in Python or Java is essential.

The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.

Your expertise in cloud infrastructure and data platforms can shape how an entire enterprise accesses, processes, and trusts its data. At JPMorganChase, we build platforms that operate at a scale few organizations ever encounter — and we do it with a team that values craftsmanship, collaboration, and continuous improvement. This is an opportunity to grow your skills, deepen your cloud and data platform expertise, and make a direct impact on solutions that matter to the business and the people it serves.

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorganChase within the Cloud Data Platform team, you will be hands‑on designing, provisioning, and operating a modern cloud data platform built on AWS and Databricks. You will partner with data engineers, security, and platform teams to deliver infrastructure that is scalable, secure, and production‑ready. Your work will enable reliable, well‑governed analytics workloads that drive insight and decision‑making across the firm.

Job responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, including networking, security, compute, storage, and managed services, following infrastructure-as-code best practices.
  • Develop and manage Databricks platform capabilities — including workspaces, clusters, policies, jobs, libraries, and integrations — to support production‑grade data workloads.
  • Build automation around platform provisioning and operations using Python or Java, reducing manual effort and improving consistency across environments.
  • Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform deployments, including Terraform plan/apply workflows, policy checks, and automated testing.
  • Implement security best practices across the platform, including least‑privilege access controls, secrets management, encryption, network segmentation, and auditability.
  • Improve platform reliability through observability tooling — logging, metrics, and tracing — alongside alerting, incident response practices, and performance and cost optimization.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business and technical requirements into scalable platform designs, and document standards, patterns, and runbooks for team‑wide use.
  • Leverage enterprise‑authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards.
  • Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient applied experience.
  • Strong hands‑on experience provisioning AWS infrastructure with Terraform, including modules, remote state, workspace/environment management, and change management workflows.
  • Solid experience with core AWS services relevant to cloud data platforms, such as VPC, IAM, S3, EC2/ECS/EKS, RDS, KMS, CloudWatch, and load balancing.
  • Working experience with Databricks, including platform administration and/or building and supporting production workloads.
  • Proficiency in Python (preferred) or Java, with demonstrated ability to build automation, tooling, and platform integrations.
  • Experience with Git‑based workflows and CI/CD practices applied to infrastructure and platform delivery.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and data or platform pipelines.
  • Hands‑on experience using enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, testing, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate and validate AI‑generated outputs.
  • Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience with data lakehouse architectures using Delta Lake, Apache Spark, or similar open‑source frameworks.
  • Familiarity with AWS‑native data services such as Glue, Lake Formation, Redshift, or Athena.
  • Exposure to data governance practices including cataloging, lineage tracking, and data access control at the platform layer.
  • AWS certification(s) in cloud architecture, data, security, or DevOps disciplines.
  • Experience working in regulated industries where security, auditability, and compliance are core platform requirements.

Software Engineer III - Cloud Data Platform (AWS/Databricks, Terraform) in Glasgow employer: Jpmorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Bournemouth where innovation and collaboration thrive. Employees benefit from a strong focus on professional development, inclusive team culture, and the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a supportive atmosphere that values continuous improvement and engineering excellence.

Jpmorgan Chase & Co.

Contact Details:

Jpmorgan Chase & Co. Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Software Engineer III - Cloud Data Platform (AWS/Databricks, Terraform) in Glasgow

AWS Infrastructure Provisioning
Terraform
Databricks Administration
Python
Java
CI/CD Pipelines
Git-based Workflows