Software Engineer II - Full Stack React/Java Developer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Bournemouth is seeking a Software Engineer II to join an agile team developing scalable, secure software components for the firm’s technology products.

You’ll contribute across the SDLC, writing high-quality code in Java and frontend React, with emphasis on reliability, security, and collaboration in a large corporate environment. The role supports learning and growth with exposure to enterprise tools and AI-assisted development in a diverse, inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with React JS and Java-based web apps.
• Experience with Spring Boot microservices and Oracle Databases.
• Familiarity with Kafka messaging and CI/CD practices.
• Working in large corporate environments with modern languages and DB queries.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and secure coding.

Responsibilities

• Executes standard software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Writes secure, high-quality code with minimal guidance in at least one language.
• Designs and troubleshoots components considering upstream and downstream systems.
• Applies troubleshooting to break down and solve basic technical problems.
• Leverages AI coding assist tools to improve quality, speed, and productivity, with peer review.
• Uses SDLC tooling and automation to enhance value of software delivery.
• Gathers and analyzes data to identify problems and support secure, stable development.
• Learns and applies processes and skills for secure, stable code and systems.
• Contributes to a diverse, inclusive team culture.

Skills

React Js

Java

Spring Boot

Oracle Databases

Kafka messaging

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