Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Real-Time Kafka

Fairygodboss; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan in London is seeking a Software Engineer III to design and deliver trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, scalable way. You will join a Kafka Platform Team enabling real-time data streaming for mission-critical applications across the firm.

As part of an agile team, you will produce production code, create design artifacts, analyze large data sets, and apply AI-assisted tooling with peer reviews and secure coding practices to raise quality and speed.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• 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 Amazon Web Services (AWS) deployments.
• Experience with Kubernetes deployments.
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Hands-on experience using enterprise-approved AI-assisted software development tools with demonstrated ability to evaluate outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations and secure handling of inputs/outputs.

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 (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards
• Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation

Skills

Kafka

Java

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Secure coding

AI-assisted tools

Tools

Kafka

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

J.P. Morgan in London is seeking a Software Engineer III to design and deliver trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, scalable way. You will join a Kafka Platform Team enabling real-time data streaming for mission-critical applications across the firm.

As part of an agile team, you will produce production code, create design artifacts, analyze large data sets, and apply AI-assisted tooling with peer reviews and secure coding practices to raise quality and speed.