Java Software Engineer III

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

Job summary

A global financial services leader is seeking a Software Engineer III in Bournemouth to enhance and deliver innovative technology products. The role involves development, technical troubleshooting, and collaboration within an agile team. Candidates should have strong Java coding skills and experience with design patterns. This position offers career advancement opportunities in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages such as Java and Java EE.
• Strong knowledge of design patterns and their application in problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions and technical troubleshooting of various components.
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications.

Skills

Java (11 or 21)

Java EE

Spring

Hibernate

React

JavaScript

Oracle

Sybase

Jenkins

JUnit

Maven

Git

JMS

MQ

Education

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts

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 Securities Services Technology, specifically the Instruction Capture sub‑line of business, your role will be pivotal in an agile team, focusing on the enhancement, design, and delivery of our innovative technology products. Your responsibilities will encompass the execution of software solutions, including the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of various components within a technical product, application, or system. This position offers a great opportunity to refine your skills and accumulate valuable experience for career progression.

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, with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications
• 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 within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain to improve the value realized by automation
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets to identify problems and contribute to decision‑making in service of secure, stable application development
• 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, opportunity, 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
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages such as: Java (11 or 21) and Java EE, using Java Frameworks such as Spring & Hibernate, React and JavaScript
• Strong knowledge of design patterns and their application in problem solving
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages like Oracle or Sybase and industry standard tools like Jenkins, JUnit, Maven and Git
• Hands‑on experience working on messaging technologies like JMS and MQ
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated 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

• Familiarity with modern front‑end technologies
• Exposure to cloud technologies – PCF, AWS

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 in a first‑class way 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 place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About The Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.