Software Engineer II - Java/ Spring/ Kafka

J.P. Morgan; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is offering an exciting opportunity for a Software Engineer II within their Corporate Sector Credit Risk team. The role focuses on enhancing and delivering state-of-the-art technology products while contributing to a culture of diversity and inclusion. Candidates should possess formal training in software engineering and have extensive experience with Java and Spring Framework. This position provides a chance to grow your career in a dynamic, agile environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Experience with modern programming languages and database querying languages.
• Understanding of technical processes in cloud and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Executes standard software solutions and troubleshooting.
• Writes high-quality code and applies knowledge of the software lifecycle.
• Analyzes diverse data sets to support secure application development.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Multi-threading

Kafka

Restful web services

RDBMS (Oracle)

Software Development Life Cycle

Agile methodologies

Big Data development

Risk Management

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

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 the Corporate Sector Credit Risk 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 applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Extensive experience with Java and Spring Framework
• Experience with multi-threading
• Experience with Kafka and streaming technologies
• Experience in creating Restful web services
• Experience of working with RDBMS’s (Oracle)
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated 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

• Knowledge in Big Data development and software design
• Understanding of Risk Management and Credit Risk