Senior Data Engineer

Company: SMBC Group
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: March 6, 2026

Job Description:

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges. In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd. Role Description The Cloud Data Engineer is part of the Data Management’s Design & Development group within the Americas Division Tech and is responsible for building technical architecture for our Azure platform and support the on-prem to cloud migration initiative and cloud consolidation strategy. Role is located in Charlotte, North Caroline with a Hybrid presence in office. Role Objectives The Azure Cloud Engineer strategizes, designs, develops and work with a team of dynamic and passionate data engineers to deliver automated cloud infrastructure and DevOps solutions. The incumbent will play a key role in supporting the growth and scale of our Azure cloud-based technology infrastructure. This role is also responsible for complex interface process development, troubleshooting issues, supporting weekend maintenance and production support of the interface processes development by the Design & Development team. Reports to the ETL Team Leader. Role Objectives • We are currently seeking a talented and motivated Senior Data Engineer to join our Cloud data solutions team. • This role will be responsible for designing, developing & deploying cloud data solutions for risk, regulatory, finance & compliance projects and be at the forefront of on-prem to cloud migration initiative. • This role will require indirect leadership and mentorship of junior team members. • Work with business teams, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand business requirements, needs, or process gaps that would be addressed via proposed applications. • Engage with IT systems architects, database administrators, and cyber security team to meet the back-end functionality demands of the application. • Liaise with other technology and development teams as needed to coordinate on the integration of applications with the larger company software ecosystem. • Participate in periodic development meetings to align development priorities and objectives, assign tasks, and share experiences and challenges with applications under development Role Objectives • Extensive experience on Cloud solutions, specifically in Azure • Experience with Azure cloud services, Azure Data Factory, Gen 2, Azure Databases, Functions, Databricks, etc • Strong knowledge of Python, Java or similar high-level server-side languages • Advanced working SQL knowledge on relational databases, preferably on MS SQL Server and databases on Azure cloud • Experience designing and architecting distributed systems, containerization, Web API’s and gateway management. • Experience with the DevOps lifecycle (git, Jenkins, etc.) • Experience with Jira/Confluence • Experience with REST web services and microservice architecture • Good understanding of ETL/ELT • Databricks Cluster configuration, Unity catalog repository configuration. • Build large-scale batch and real-time data pipelines with data processing frameworks in Azure cloud platform. • Partner with architects, engineers, information analysts, business, and technology stakeholders for developing and deploying enterprise grade platforms that enable data-driven solutions. • Provide technical guidance on technology implementation and architectural changes. • Coordinating with platform, APIM, Azure DevOps, and Support. • Analyze and design technical solutions on Azure to address business needs. • Develop, test, and modify software to improve efficiency of data platforms and applications. • Ability to own projects from end to end, working with business stakeholders, IT teams, data stewards, and 3rd party companies to ensure accurate and insightful outcomes. • Integrating data from a variety of sources, assuring that they adhere to data quality and accessibility standards. • Enable streaming data use-cases and standard design patterns in a big data environment. • Review and provide feedback on core code changes and support production deployment Qualifications and Skills 10 years of software development experience in enterprise applications, preferably in the financial services industry and on data-heavy systems. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or information systems preferred. SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required. SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

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