Full Stack Software Engineer II - Java and React

J.P. Morgan; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer II to join their agile Employee Compute team in Glasgow. The role includes software development, troubleshooting, and implementing secure systems while fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion. Candidates should have strong skills in Java and React, with practical experience in database technologies and cloud platforms such as AWS.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a corporate environment.
• Knowledge of various software applications and technical processes.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Gathers, analyzes, and interprets large data sets for decision-making.
• Applies knowledge from the Software Development Life Cycle to enhance automation.

Skills

Java

React

TypeScript

CSS

SQL

Cloud Native Experience

Agile Methodologies

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

AWS

Spring Boot

Spring Webflux

Unit Testing Tools (Junit, Mockito)

Monitoring Tools (Dynatrace, Grafana)

Job description

You’re ready to gain the skills and experience needed to grow within your role and advance your career — and we have the perfect software engineering opportunity for you.

As a Full Stack Software Engineer II at JPMorgan Chase within Employee Compute, you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components of the firm’s state-of-the-art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.

Job responsibilities

• Executes standard software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting
• Writes secure and high-quality code using the syntax of at least one programming language with limited guidance
• Designs, develops, codes, and troubleshoots with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain to improve the value realized by automation
• Applies technical troubleshooting to break down solutions and solve technical problems of basic complexity
• Gathers, analyzes, and draws conclusions from large, diverse data sets to identify problems and contribute to decision-making in service of secure, stable application development
• Learns and applies system processes, methodologies, and skills for the development of secure, stable code and systems
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and expanding applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with Java and React
• Experience across the whole Software Development Life Cycle
• Backend Technology - Java / Spring Boot
• Hands-on experience in full stack development with experience in Java, Spring Boot, React, TypeScript, CSS
• Working knowledge of database technologies and SQL
• Practical cloud native experience with AWS
• Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Emerging knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Reactive programming with Spring Webflux
• Experience in architecture and design of microservices
• Knowledge of Mobile App development processes for iOS / Android
• Unit Testing, Mocking, Performance Testing (e.g. Junit, Mokito, Blazemeter)
• Monitoring Tools (e.g. Dynatrace, Grafana, etc)