Low-Latency Java Senior Associate - Software Engineer III

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Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Software Engineer III to join their Liquidity and Account Solutions team. The role involves designing and delivering market-leading technology products, focusing on high-performance Java applications. Candidates should have strong Java skills and experience in agile development, with opportunities for professional growth through extensive training resources.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise software development.
• Excellent understanding of Java and frameworks.
• Experience with high-performance Java applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance, latency-sensitive code.
• Write secure, high-quality code and automated tests.
• Provide technical leadership to small engineering sub-teams.

Skills

Java fundamentals

Spring Boot

Multi-threading

Messaging technologies

Computer networks

Interpersonal skills

Agile methodology

Tools

JUnit

Mockito

Spring Test Framework

Kafka

Redis

Terraform

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the Liquidity and Account Solutions team, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

JPMorgan’s Liquidity and Account Solutions Technology team is seeking highly motivated Java engineers to join our global, diverse technology organization. We focus on providing modern solutions to support the Corporate & Investment Bank’s Payments business. Our critical systems manage client liquidity in real-time, matching available funds to support demands for cash.

We are building the next-generation core wholesale banking platform, designed to operate continuously at a global scale. This platform will support hundreds of millions of accounts and respond in milliseconds to thousands of requests. As a hands-on developer, you will be responsible for building and supporting services for our market-leading liquidity business. You will contribute features, enhancements, and bug fixes – ensuring our codebase remains modern, well-structured, and robust.

You will collaborate with colleagues to perform technical analysis of client requirements, participate in estimation, planning, code reviews, architecture design sessions, and retrospectives. This role offers the opportunity to learn about liquidity from colleagues, stakeholders, and extensive training resources. You will have the chance to grow your skills through our curated technical development programs and dedicated training days.

This exciting role provides you with the opportunity to see the direct impact of your contributions on the liquidity business and receive client feedback from around the globe. While banking experience is not required, you must be a passionate and well-rounded technologist, eager to continuously learn and enhance your skills.

Job responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance, latency-sensitive code, incorporate security requirements, and review code written by team members using software engineering best practices
• Write secure, high-quality code and automated tests
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by code
• Identify opportunities to eliminate recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Participate in communities of practice across the group to drive awareness, consistency, and adoption of modern technologies
• Add to team culture of diversity, equity, and respect
• Collaborate effectively as part of a global team
• Provide technical leadership to small engineering sub-teams focused on the delivery of a small epic by transforming requirements into stories and a build plan
• Support junior colleagues in their technical growth
• Provide out-of-hours application support and coordinate production releases

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise software development
• Excellent understanding of Java fundamentals and frameworks (Spring Boot), OO programming paradigms, multi-threading, messaging technologies, and computer networks
• Experience in building high-performance, latency-sensitive Java applications
• Experience in maintaining and troubleshooting software running in a Linux environment, familiarity with Linux system utilities, containers, and cloud architectures and services
• Experience with modern testing tools (JUnit, Mockito, Spring Test Framework)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with experience working with globally distributed engineers and stakeholders
• Understanding of the full software development lifecycle and agile approach
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architecture and distributed messaging technologies (Kafka)

Additional desired skills and qualifications

• Hands-on experience with other statically compiled languages like Golang, Rust, or C++
• Experience with gRPC and Google Protocol Buffers
• Experience with caching technologies, e.g., Redis
• Experience with infrastructure as code software, e.g., Terraform
• Experience designing schemas/data structures in resilient SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., CockroachDB)
• Familiarity with front-end technologies, like ReactJs

Certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and AWS certifications are a plus.

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 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 and provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees as needed. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting accommodations.

About The Team

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services, and payments. We serve clients in over 100 countries, providing strategic advice, raising capital, managing risk, and extending liquidity worldwide.