Android Software Engineer II

JPMorganChase; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm in Glasgow is seeking an Android Software Engineer II to join their International Private Bank team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Android libraries and be responsible for designing secure technology products. This impactful role offers opportunities for innovation within an agile environment, focusing on delivering high-quality software solutions.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion programs

Competitive salary

Opportunities for continuous learning

Qualifications

• Proficient in coding with modern programming languages.
• Experience in system design, application development, and operational stability.
• Hands-on experience with database development.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver secure, stable, and scalable technology products.
• Develop and maintain high-quality production code.
• Analyze data to improve software applications and systems.

Skills

Android libraries such as Jetpack Compose and Kotlin Coroutines

Android Platform Security best practices

Building reusable libraries and APIs

Coding in one or more programming languages

Understanding of agile methodologies

Education

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts

Tools

Java

Python

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Android Software Engineer II at JPMorgan Chase within the International Private Bank, you are part of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and demonstrated applied experience
• Extensive experience of using common Android libraries such as Jetpack Compose and Kotlin Coroutines
• Practical knowledge of Android Platform Security best practices
• Experience of building reusable libraries, components and APIs
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Applicant Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Proficiency in backend development languages such as Java or Python, with the ability to design and implement robust server-side logic
• Hands-on experience with database development and management
• Practical experience in backend cloud development and maintenance using platforms such as AWS, Kubernetes, or Cloud Foundry, including deploying, scaling, and monitoring cloud-based applications

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

About the Team

Our Asset and Wealth Management division is driven by innovators like you who are driven to create technology solutions that make us work more efficiently and help our businesses grow. It's our mission to efficiently take care of our clients' wealth, helping them get, and remain properly invested. Our team of agile technologists thrive in a cloud-native environment that values continuous learning using a data-centric approach in developing innovative technology solutions.