React/Java Full Stack Software Engineer II

J.P. Morgan; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is seeking a Software Engineer II in London. You will join an agile team to design and deliver secure, scalable software components. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in system design and proficiency in modern programming languages like Java and React. This position requires a commitment to a culture of diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Hands-on practical experience in system design and application development.
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a corporate environment.
• Demonstrable ability to code in one or more programming languages and database querying languages.

Responsibilities

• Executes standard software solutions and technical troubleshooting.
• Writes secure and high-quality code.
• Gathers, analyzes, and draws conclusions from large data sets.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

SQL

React

Angular

TypeScript

CSS

HTML

NodeJS

Microservices

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

Overview

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 Software Engineer II at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology - Corporate Oversight & Governance Group, you will be part of an agile team dedicated to enhancing, designing, and delivering the software components of the firm’s cutting-edge technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. In your role as an emerging member of the software engineering team, you will execute software solutions by designing, developing, and troubleshooting various components within a technical product, application, or system, while acquiring the skills and experience necessary for growth in your position.

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, opportunity, 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 one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Demonstrable ability to code in one or more languages: Java, Spring boot, JPA, SQL, REST and modern front-end technologies like React, Angular, TypeScript, CSS, HTML, NodeJS, NextJS
• Experience with working on micro services, distributed architecture, Kubernetesand Kafka
• Experience across the whole Software Development Life Cycle
• 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

• Exposure to System Design and cloud technologies