Data Software Engineer III - Python, Spark & AWS

J.P. Morgan; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking financial institution as a Software Engineer III, where you will leverage your expertise in Java and Python to develop innovative solutions within an agile team. This role involves designing secure, high-quality software and tackling complex technical challenges while contributing to a culture of diversity and inclusion. You will play a vital role in enhancing technology products that drive business objectives, utilizing cutting-edge tools and cloud services. If you're passionate about software engineering and eager to make an impact in the financial sector, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Development experience in Java and/or Python.
• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions and technical troubleshooting.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications.
• Gathers and analyzes data to improve software applications.

Skills

Java

Python

AWS Cloud Services

System Design

Test Driven Development

Data Analysis

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Terraform

AWS Glue

AWS Athena

AWS S3

Apache Parquet

Databricks

Kafka

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 Commercial and Investment Bank team, you serve as a seasoned member 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, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Development experience in Java and/or Python
• Experience working with any tool (terraform) to provision AWS cloud services
• Experience of AWS Glue, AWS Athena & AWS S3
• Knowledge of Apache Parquet & open table formats such as Delta, Iceberg & Hudi
• Test Driven Development experience in using JUnit, Mojito or similar
• Extensive knowledge and work experience with distributed system and massively parallel processing
• 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

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with big data technologies
• Knowledge in working with Databricks, Iceberg
• Familiarity with message bus technologies such as Kafka or AMPS and query engines such as AWS Athena & Redshift
• Knowledge with AWS Lake Formation
• Working knowledge of AWS Glue, AWS Athena & AWS S3
• Experience in financial industry