Real-Time Data Platform Engineer (Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Software Engineer III to join the Kafka Platform Team in the International Community Banking division. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable software solutions, focusing on real-time data streams and secure, reliable operations across the enterprise.

You will work in a collaborative agile environment, applying CI/CD practices and enterprise AI-assisted tools, while ensuring code quality, performance, and security at scale.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient 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.
• Experience administering Kafka event streaming software.
• Java software development skills, particularly with Kafka consumers and producers.
• Experience with AWS deployments.
• Experience with Kubernetes deployments.
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, resiliency, and security.
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Hands-on experience using enterprise AI-assisted software development tools with ability to evaluate outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows; ability to guide peers on safe usage within team practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and troubleshoot software solutions within a Kafka Platform Team, applying creative problem-solving to break down complex technical challenges and deliver scalable, reliable outcomes.
• Create secure, high-quality production code and maintain algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems, ensuring performance and stability at enterprise scale.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while ensuring design constraints are met throughout the software code development lifecycle.
• Gather, analyze, synthesize, and develop visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems.
• Proactively identify hidden problems and patterns in data and use these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture.
• Leverage enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity, while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards.
• Apply knowledge of tools within the SDLC toolchain, including AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

Skills

Java

CI/CD

Agile

Security

Data streaming

AI-assisted development

Problem solving

Tools

Kafka

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Software Engineer III to join the Kafka Platform Team in the International Community Banking division. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable software solutions, focusing on real-time data streams and secure, reliable operations across the enterprise.

You will work in a collaborative agile environment, applying CI/CD practices and enterprise AI-assisted tools, while ensuring code quality, performance, and security at scale.