Software Engineer III - Backend Engineering - Chase UK

J.P. Morgan; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative financial institution is seeking a Back-End Engineer to help transform digital banking in the UK. In this role, you will work collaboratively within a diverse team, focusing on delivering exceptional customer experiences through cutting-edge technology. You will contribute to the development of cloud-native applications, ensuring they meet high standards of performance, security, and scalability. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a rapidly expanding market, where your skills in Java and cloud technologies will be highly valued. Join us in shaping the future of banking!

Qualifications

• Recent hands-on experience as a back-end software engineer.
• Proficiency in coding with a recent version of Java.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to end-to-end solutions in cloud-native microservices.
• Support the products you've built through their entire lifecycle.

Skills

Java

Cloud Technologies

RESTful APIs

Distributed Systems

Communication Skills

Education

Formal Training in Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Microservices Architecture

Job description

At JPMorgan 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 Back-End Engineer 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 engineersare naturally solution-oriented and possess an interest in the financial sector and focus on addressing our customer needs. We work in teams focused on specific products and projects, providing opportunities to engage in areas such as fraud & financial crime prevention, identity services, money transfers, card payments, lending, customer onboarding, core banking, insurance products, rewards campaigns, and servicing innovations.

Job responsibilities

• Contribute to end-to-end solutions in the form of cloud-native microservices architecture applications leveraging the latest technologies and the best industry practices.
• Ensure that technical design and solutions meet our resiliency, performance, security, testing, quality and scalability standards.
• Support the products you've built through their entire lifecycle, including in production and during incident management.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and applied experience.
• Recent hands-on experience as a back-end software engineer.
• Proficiency in coding with a recent version of Java.
• Experience in designing and implementing effective tests (unit, component, integration, end-to-end, performance, etc.).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Understanding of cloud technologies, distributed systems, RESTful APIs, and web technologies.
• Familiarity with relational data stores.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Experience in highly regulated environments or industries.
• Knowledge of messaging frameworks.
• Familiarity with cloud-native microservices architecture.
• Understanding of AWS cloud technologies.