Software Engineer II- Java

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks a Software Engineer II to join their Margin and Collateral technology team in Glasgow. The role involves coding, troubleshooting, and collaborating in an agile environment, with opportunities to learn and grow in a supportive culture. Candidates should have experience in Core Java and be well-versed in software engineering principles.

Qualifications

• Practical experience in system design and application development.
• Hands-on experience in a corporate environment with modern programming languages.
• Experience with CI/CD and application security.

Responsibilities

• Develop and troubleshoot software solutions within the agile team.
• Write secure code and ensure system stability.
• Analyze data sets to support decision-making.

Skills

Core Java

J2EE

Spring Boot

Database querying

Problem-solving

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Oracle

Cassandra

Bitbucket

Git

Jules

Job description

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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 Margin and Collateral technology team, 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 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, equity, 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
• Proficient in coding Core Java , J2EE and Spring Boot
• 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 (., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile,
• Experience in defining test scenarios and automating unit and integration tests.
• Skilled in performance testing and code optimization.
• Proficient with Oracle and Cassandra databases.
• Experienced in build and deployment processes using Bitbucket, Git, Jules and CLOUD. .
• Possesses excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and strong communication and teamwork abilities.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with front-end technologies such as EXTJS and ReactJS is a plus.
• Knowledgeable in MQ, Kafka, and message parsers.
• Certification in Oracle JDK11 or JDK17 is a plus.