Software Engineer III - AI - Chase UK

J.P. Morgan; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the UK is seeking a Software Engineer III to contribute to innovative cloud-native solutions and AI implementation. The ideal candidate will have strong back-end engineering skills, experience in Java, and knowledge of cloud technologies. Responsibilities include developing secure, scalable software architectures and ensuring high performance and reliability for users. This role offers a chance to impact digital banking significantly.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on AI concepts with applied experience.
• Recent hands-on experience as a back-end software engineer.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to cloud-native microservices architecture.
• Build solutions leveraging generative and agentic AI.
• Ensure zero downtime during releases.

Skills

AI concepts proficiency

Back-end software engineering

Java programming

Cloud technologies

RESTful APIs

Web technologies

Communication skills

Tools

AWS

Salesforce

Amazon Connect

Azure OpenAI

Google Vertex

Job description

At JP Morgan Chase, we understand that customers seek exceptional value and a seamless experience from a trusted financial institution. That's why we launched Chase UK to transform digital banking with intuitive and enjoyable customer journeys. With a strong foundation of trust established by millions of customers in the US, we have been rapidly expanding our presence in the UK and soon across Europe. We have been building the bank of the future from the ground up, offering you the chance to join us and make a significant impact.

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the International Consumer Bank, you will play a crucial role in this initiative, dedicated to delivering an outstanding banking experience to our customers. You will work in a collaborative environment as part of a diverse, inclusive, and geographically distributed team. We are seeking individuals with a curious mindset and a keen interest in new technology. Our engineers are naturally solution-oriented and possess an interest in the financial sector and focus on addressing our customer needs. We work in a team focused on the delivery of a leading-edge technology stack underpinning our customer servicing capabilities.

Job responsibilities

• Contribute to solutions in the form of cloud-native microservices architecture applications leveraging the latest technologies and the best industry practices
• Contribute to the building of solutions which leverage generative and agentic AI to better support our customers and stakeholders
• Use domain modelling techniques to allow us to build best in class business products.
• Structure software so that it is easy to understand, test and evolve.
• Build solutions that avoid single points of failure, using scalable architectural patterns.
• Develop secure code so that our customers and ourselves are protected from malicious actors.
• Promptly investigate and fix issues and ensure they do not resurface in the future.
• Make sure our releases happen with zero downtime for our end-users.
• See that our data is written and read in a way that's optimized for our needs.
• Keep an eye on performance, making sure we use the right approach to identify and solve problems.
• Ensure our systems are reliable and easy to operate.

Required qualifications, capabilities & skills

• Formal training or certification on AI concepts and proficient applied experience
• Recent hands-on professional experience as a back-end software engineer
• Awareness of AI technologies such as OpenAI, Vertex etc.
• Experience in coding in a recent version of the Java programming language
• Experience in designing and implementing effective tests (unit, component, integration, end-to-end, performance, etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Experience with cloud technologies and distributed systems, RESTful APIs and web technologies.
• Experience with operating, supporting and the security of mission critical software applications.
• Understanding with different kinds of data stores (including relational data stores)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities & skills

• Awareness of Salesforce and Amazon Connect platforms.
• Experience applying foundational AI knowledge to configure, deploy, and support AI-powered servicing features.
• Experience in working in a highly regulated environment / industry
• Experience in implementing Azure OpenAI / Amazon Bedrock / Google Vertex
• Seasoned with cloud-native microservices architecture
• Proficient with AWS cloud technologies