Software Engineer III

TN United Kingdom; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Software Engineer III to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will leverage your expertise to design and deliver innovative technology solutions within a collaborative environment. You will be responsible for creating secure, high-quality production code and troubleshooting complex technical issues. This position offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to significant projects that impact the firm’s objectives. If you are passionate about software engineering and eager to drive improvements in coding practices and system architecture, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Proficient in coding with modern programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver technology products in a secure and scalable way.
• Develop and maintain high-quality production code and algorithms.

Skills

Software Engineering

Problem Solving

Coding in Python

Agile Methodologies

Technical Troubleshooting

Education

Formal training in software engineering

Tools

AWS Glue

Snowflake

Job description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Sector, AI/ML & Data Platforms team, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Writes secure and high-quality code using the syntax of at least one programming language with limited guidance
• Design, build, test, and deploy AWS Glue workflows using Python programming language
• 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
• Learns and applies system processes, methodologies, and skills for the development of secure, stable code and systems

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
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages
• 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)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Exposure to cloud technologies
• Experience with large-scale database technology (e.g., Snowflake)