Software Engineer III- Back End- Nutmeg

J.P. MORGAN; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Back-End Engineer to join their innovative team. The role involves developing cutting-edge solutions in a collaborative environment, focusing on customer satisfaction and leveraging the latest technologies. Candidates should be proficient in Java and have experience in agile methodologies. Join us to make a significant impact in the fintech space.

Qualifications

• Proficient experience in Java programming and back-end software engineering.
• Hands-on experience in agile, customer-facing environments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end solutions using cloud-native microservice architecture.
• Design and implement technical solutions in Java/Kotlin.

Skills

Java

Agile

Communication

Education

Formal training or certification on Java programming

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Job Description

Behind every investment is a person with ambitions, motivations, and values. While we know that every client is unique, they come to Nutmeg for the same reason: our straightforward and transparent approach to investing.

Nutmeg is a J.P. Morgan company 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.

Our Back-End Engineering team is at the heart of this venture, focused on getting a great banking experience into the hands of our customers. We're looking for people who have a curious mindset, thrive in a collaborative environment, and are passionate about new technology. By their nature, our people are also solution-oriented, commercially savvy, and have a head for fintech. We work in teams that focus on specific products and projects. Depending on your strengths and interests, you'll have the opportunity to move between them and work on projects including fraud prevention, investments, identity services, money transfers, debit and credit card payments, core banking, insurance products, reward campaigns, call-centre supporting innovations, and more.

Job Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end cutting-edge solutions in the form of cloud-native microservice architecture applications leveraging the latest technologies and industry best practices.
• Design, estimate costs for, and implement technical solutions written in Java/Kotlin.
• Write unit, component, integration, end-to-end, and performance tests.
• Support the products you've built throughout their entire lifecycle, including production and incident management.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification in Java programming concepts and proficient advanced experience.
• Recent hands-on professional experience as a back-end software engineer in an agile, dynamic, and customer-facing environment.
• Experience with JVM languages (Java/Scala/Kotlin, preferably Java 8+).
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and web technologies.
• Understanding of relational databases.
• Experience in all stages of the software development lifecycle (requirements, design, architecture, development, testing, deployment, release, and support).
• Ability to work in a dynamic, agile environment within a diverse, inclusive, and geographically distributed team.
• Focus on promptly addressing customer needs.
• Technically curious, versatile, and solution-oriented.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.).
• Experience with messaging frameworks (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
• Experience automating deployment, releases, and testing in CI/CD pipelines.

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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 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 value diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on protected attributes, including race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, etc., and provide reasonable accommodations for religious practices and disability needs.

About The Team

The Cybersecurity & Technology Controls group at JPMorgan Chase aligns the firm’s cybersecurity, access management, controls, and resiliency teams. The group partners with all lines of business to design, adopt, and integrate appropriate controls, deliver efficient processes and solutions, and drive automation of controls. Its priority is to enable the business while keeping the firm safe, stable, and resilient.

High Risk Roles (HRR) are sensitive roles within the technology organization requiring high assurance of staff integrity due to the sensitive cybersecurity and technology functions performed or information received. Users in these roles undergo enhanced pre-hire screening, including criminal and credit background checks, prior to employment or assignment.