Front-End Developer - Software Engineer III

J.P. Morgan; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is looking for a Software Engineer III in Glasgow to join their Corporate Technology Market Risk team. In this critical role, you will develop top-notch technology products, focusing on a secure and scalable reporting platform. Your expertise in React, TypeScript, and Java will drive significant business impact, while you collaborate with dynamic teams to optimize technology solutions that meet regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in computer science with hands-on applied experience.
• Experience in system design, application development, and operational stability.
• Expertise in React and modern UI engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure and high-quality production code, troubleshoot and debug when needed.
• Collaborate with product owners and UX to ensure smooth delivery of features.
• Contribute to the engineering community and advocate for software development practices.

Skills

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Java

Node.js

Ag-grid

Highcharts

D3

Jest

React Testing Library

Education

Formal training or certification on Computer Science concepts

Tools

Webpack

Vite

Job description

Be an integral part of a team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology Market Risk team, you will contribute to the rapid expansion of a strategic visualization and reporting platform. You will be an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology solutions in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Work with product owners, scrum master and UX to ensure the smooth delivery of features and valuable solutions.
• Contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide and Risk Technology frameworks, tools, standards and practices of the SoftwareDevelopment Life Cycle
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of strategic, leading-edge technologies
• Contribute to a high performing, dynamic team and help them minimize impediments to development progress.
• Tackles design and functionality problems in collaboration with lead and peers.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Computer Science concepts and proficient applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Expertise in React and ability advise best practices evolving UI engineering landscape including: unit testing, modern standards for CSS, browser support, responsiveness, accessibility, developer tooling, build tools, deployment strategies, scalable build patterns, enterprise engineering (scalability, resiliency), quality assurance, visual and acceptance testing
• Expertise with frontend languages such as TypeScript and JavaScript, backend languages such as Java and Node.js, build tools such as Webpack/Vite, common patterns in ag-grid, Highcharts, d3 and practical cloud native experience, testing libraries such as Jest and React Testing Library
• Implement data sourcing strategies to collect and integrate data from various internal and external sources.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and completeness across all data sources while collaborating with data providers and stakeholders to understand data requirements and ensure seamless data flow.
• Stay up-to-date with legal and jurisdiction-based requirements related to Market Risk reporting, while ensuring the platform meets all regulatory requirements and standards.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working with UX professionals
• Experience working with design systems