Software Engineer II - Full Stack React/Java Developer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase & Co. in the United Kingdom seeks a Software Engineer II to join an agile team delivering secure, scalable software components. You will contribute to design, development, and troubleshooting across the SDLC with modern languages and enterprise tooling, including AI-assisted coding aids.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, collaboration within a large corporate environment, and a focus on building stable software while growing technical skills within the team.

Qualifications

• Hands-on React.js, Java, Spring Boot and microservices development.
• Experience with Oracle databases and Kafka messaging.
• Exposure to CI/CD and security in agile environments.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools in coding workflows.

Responsibilities

• Executes standard software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Writes secure, high-quality code with limited guidance.
• Designs and troubleshoots across upstream and downstream systems.
• Contributes to automated testing, peer reviews, and secure coding standards.
• Leverages enterprise AI-assisted tooling to improve quality and speed.
• Participates in SDLC tooling, automation, and data-driven decision making.
• Learns processes and contributes to secure, stable code and systems.

Skills

React Js

Java

Spring Boot

Oracle Databases

Kafka messaging

CI/CD

AI-assisted tools

Tools

GKP deployments

Job description

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 JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Banking, you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components of the firm’s state-of-the-art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.

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 technical troubleshooting to break down solutions and solve technical problems of basic complexity
• Leverages 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.
• Applies 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
• 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

• Hands on experience on React Js, Java, Spring Boot microservices, Oracle Databases, Kafka messaging, GKP deployments.
• 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
• 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.)
• Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, testing, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate and validate AI-generated outputs.
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Exposure to cloud technologies