Software Engineer II Site Reliability Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; 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 SRE team. You will design, implement, and troubleshoot software components for cutting-edge technology products. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in system design and coding with Java or similar languages, alongside experience in CI/CD and container orchestration tools. The role emphasizes secure development practices and collaboration within a diverse team.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• Practical experience in system design and operational stability.
• Ability to code in one or more programming languages like Java.

Responsibilities

• Develops standard software solutions and executes design and troubleshooting.
• Writes secure, high-quality code with limited guidance.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to resolve complex problems.

Skills

Hands-on practical experience in system design

Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code

Knowledge of one or more modern programming languages

Experience with CI/CD tools

Familiarity with container orchestration

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Java/Spring Boot

Jenkins

Docker

Grafana

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, you will be part of an SRE team dedicated to enhancing, designing, and delivering software components for the firm's cutting‑edge technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. As a developing member of the SRE team, you will implement software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of various components within a technical product, application, or system, while acquiring the skills and experience necessary to advance in 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, analyses, 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.
• Collaborates with technical experts, key stakeholders, and team members to resolve complex problems.
• Understands service level indicators and utilizes service level objectives to proactively resolve issues before they impact customers.
• Supports the adoption of site reliability engineering best practices within your team.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, 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 like Mongo
• Demonstrable ability to code in one or more languages such as Java/Spring Boot
• Experience across the whole Software Development Life Cycle
• Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery tools like Jenkins, GitLab, or Terraform
• Familiarity with container and container orchestration such as ECS, Kubernetes, and Docker.
• Experience in observability such as white and black box monitoring, service level objective alerting, and telemetry collection using tools such as Grafana, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Datadog, Spl, and others

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Knowledge of using GENAI tools such as Copilot or Windsurf and how to use them as Code Assistants
• Ability to expand and collaborate across different levels and stakeholder groups.
• General knowledge of financial services industry
• Emerging knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)