Software Engineer III- iOS

J.P. Morgan; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the fintech sector is seeking a passionate iOS Engineer to join their innovative team. You will work on developing top-tier mobile applications to enhance digital investment experiences for clients. The role involves collaborating with product teams, writing high-quality code, and participating in agile development processes. If you are solution-oriented and eager to make a significant impact, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience in native iOS mobile application development.
• Experience with unit tests using XCTest framework.
• Good understanding of REST and working with APIs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver product features using Java/Springboot and Kotlin.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure high code quality.
• Identify and resolve defects in the application.

Skills

English

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Tools

Swift

Xcode

Git

CI/CD

Bitrise

Job description

Nutmeg is a J.P. Morgan company within the International Consumer Bank – Chase division offering award-winning investments, products and digital wealth management services to over 250,000 investors in the UK. We built the business from scratch, with constant innovation a core part of our ethos since the beginning. We aim to provide clients with the best digital investing experience, ensuring digital security and customer satisfaction – meaning you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference.

As an engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Nutmeg, you will be part of a team with great ambitions. We aim to build a top-in-market suite of mobile and web apps to provide the best investment experience for our clients.

Our team is at the heart of this venture, focused on getting smart ideas into the hands of our customers. We're looking for people who have a curious mindset, thrive in collaborative squads, and are passionate about building quality software that has a big impact in a rapidly changing environment. By their nature, our people are also solution-oriented, commercially savvy and have a head for fintech. We work in tribes and squads that focus on specific products and projects.

Job Responsibilities

1. Work with the Product team to understand user’s needs and follow an Agile SDLC to develop and deliver product features. Our stack is Java/Springboot with a bit of Kotlin, DynamoDB, Aurora/MySQL and AWS.
2. Participate with the rest of the team in designing how our architecture needs to evolve to meet our needs. We use ADRs as part of our decision-making process and our architecture is microservices running on Kubernetes with a heavy use of Kafka and event-driven design.
3. Take ownership of tasks from the estimation stage right through until the release stage and post-production.
4. Identify, troubleshoot and resolve existing or newly-identified prioritized defects.
5. Write tests for all code you deliver and adhere to best practices/standards, ensuring high-quality code.
6. Take ownership of, or assist others with, releases and associated processes (we try to deploy as often as possible).
7. Participate in code reviews, ensuring high code quality and continuous development and learning for yourself and your colleagues.
8. Be someone who enjoys knowledge sharing, who is keen to attend and participate in some of the many skill share sessions we regularly hold in the team and across the wider Engineering department.
9. Propose/contribute/collaborate on Technical Initiatives - improving and evolving the existing codebase and toolset.
10. Be keen to ensure that we focus on solving the essence of the problem rather than merely dealing with the symptoms.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

1. English working proficiency is a must, you will be working with the team in London.
2. Commercial experience on native iOS mobile application development.
3. Good Knowledge of object-oriented programming with Swift, Xcode.
4. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
5. Experience writing unit tests using XCTest framework.
6. Experience with the MVVM + Coordinator design pattern and other relevant architecture patterns like SOLID.
7. Experience with best practices in mobile design (human interface guidelines, threading, etc.).
8. Good knowledge of core iOS libraries and frameworks (e.g., UIKit, SwiftUI, Foundation, Security, Combine).
9. Experience with iOS application deployment (testing, approval, publishing to Apple store).
10. Experience with automated CI/CD processes and tools (we use Bitrise but this is not a pre-requisite).
11. Experience with monitoring and alerting to maintain a production application.
12. Good understanding of REST and working with APIs.
13. Experience with Git flow.
14. Good communication skills, ability to work well within a delivery team and manage interactions with other parts of the organization, such as Product and Operations.
15. Curious about new ways of working and open to different approaches and ideas.
16. Proactive and willing to help others put forward ideas.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills - nice to haves

• Experience writing UI tests using XCUITest or other frameworks.
• Experience building or working with Design Systems (UI Development, White-labelling).
• Experience with modularisation and dependency injection.
• Appreciation for Accessibility and understanding of how to meet Accessibility requirements.
• Understanding of Mobile Application Security considerations.
• Experience with React Native.
• Experience with feature flagging and A/B testing methodologies.
• Experience in the FinTech sector.
• Show us your Github/Stack Overflow/app portfolio!