Software Engineer II – Java/Python

J.P. Morgan; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Software Engineer II to join their Corporate Technology Finance Technology team in Glasgow. This role offers the opportunity to work on enhancing and delivering software components for state-of-the-art technology products, contributing to a culture of diversity and inclusion while developing secure and scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Experience in coding with modern programming languages.
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions and technical troubleshooting.
• Writes secure and high-quality code in at least one programming language.
• Gathers and analyzes data to support application development.

Skills

Software engineering concepts

System design

Application development

Testing

Operational stability

Agile methodologies

Technical troubleshooting

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

SQL

Modern front-end technologies

Cloud technologies

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 JPMorgan Chase within Corporate Technology Finance 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 advanced 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
• 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.)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Exposure to cloud technologies
• Knowledge of SQL is advantageous