Cloud Software Engineer III - GCP/AWS

J.P. MORGAN; Scotland; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Scotland is seeking a Software Engineer III to enhance public cloud adoption. This role requires expertise in public cloud, strong coding skills in Python, Java, or Golang, and knowledge of agile methodologies. You will contribute to software solutions and drive improvements within an agile environment. Competitive compensation and a diverse workplace culture are offered.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on cloud engineering concepts.
• Experience with at least one public cloud provider.
• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Proficiency in coding in Python, Java, or Golang.
• Experience in maintaining code in a corporate environment.
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Understanding of agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop software solutions and perform technical troubleshooting.
• Create secure and high-quality production code.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts.
• Analyze large data sets for continuous improvement.
• Identify hidden problems and patterns in data.

Skills

Cloud engineering concepts

Public cloud experience

Python

Java

Golang

Agile methodologies

Infrastructure As Code tooling

Containerization

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

GCP Cloud Logging

GCP Cloud Monitoring

AWS CloudWatch

Job description

Job Description

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

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the Public Cloud Engineering organization, you play a crucial role in an agile team focused on enhancing the adoption and use of public cloud services throughout the company. Your position is pivotal in promoting substantial business impact by applying your extensive technical knowledge and problem‑solving skills to tackle diverse challenges across multiple technologies and applications.

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 cloud engineering concepts and proficient applied experience
• Practical experience with at least one public cloud (Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services)
• Hands‑on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages: Python, Java, Golang
• 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, Application Resiliency, and Security

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands‑on practical experience with Infrastructure As Code tooling (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Practical cloud native experience including containerization
• Relevant public cloud certifications
• Experience using observability platforms on public cloud (GCP Cloud Logging, GCP Cloud Monitoring, AWS CloudWatch)

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. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About The Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.