Observability Software Engineer III- Go and Kubernetes

JPMorganChase; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Glasgow is seeking a Software Engineer III to join its Infrastructure Platforms team. This role involves developing and maintaining critical technology solutions while ensuring high standards of code quality and architecture. Applicants should have hands-on experience in software development with a proficiency in programming languages like Go or Python. A collaborative and inclusive team culture is emphasized in this role, making it ideal for those passionate about technology and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Proficiency in coding in languages such as Go, Python, or Java.
• Experience in debugging and maintaining code in corporate environments.
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies including CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain secure production code.
• Create architecture and design artifacts for applications.
• Analyze data sets for continuous improvement of applications.
• Identify hidden problems in code and system architecture.
• Contribute to software engineering communities.

Skills

System design

Application development

Testing

Operational stability

Coding (Go, Python, Java)

Agile methodologies

Software Development Life Cycle

Tools

Kubernetes

Grafana

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Overview

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 JPMorganChase within Infrastructure Platforms, 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. In this role you will join a global team of experienced software engineers who are building the firm\'s NextGen Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Observability platform. We don\'t expect you to have extensive experience in observability, or infrastructure but we ask that you have a solid software engineering foundation and an eagerness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Formal training or certification on Observability concepts and proficient applied experience
• 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
• 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 by software code development
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architectur
• 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

• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages, preferably Go, but otherwise Python or Java
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• 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

• Experience deploying applications on Kubernetes
• Knowledge of modern telemetry systems such as Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry
• Exposure to cloud technologies

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

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we\'re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.