Software Engineer III (Full Stack)

J.P. MORGAN; Scotland; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Scotland is seeking an experienced Full Stack Software Engineer III to join their Private Bank Trading Technology team. In this role, you will create cutting-edge technology solutions while enhancing your software engineering skills. Ideal candidates will have strong Java skills and experience in cloud technologies, particularly AWS and Kubernetes, to build secure applications in a collaborative, agile environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on practical experience in system design and application development.
• Experience in a large corporate environment with modern programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Create secure and high-quality production code.
• Identify hidden problems and drive improvements to system architecture.
• Contribute to software engineering communities.

Skills

Java

System design

Application development

Agile methodologies

Cloud technologies

Education

Formal training in software engineering

Tools

Amazon Web Services

Kubernetes

Job description

Overview

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

As a Full Stack Software Engineer III with the Private Bank Trading Technology team at JPMorgan Chase, you will work as an experienced member of the agile team to enhance, build, 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, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficient in coding in Java or other 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. public cloud, Kubernetes, Kafka)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Demonstrated practical experience of cloud technologies (Preferred Amazon Web Services and Kubernetes)

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About The Team

J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.

Our Asset and Wealth Management division is driven by innovators like you who are driven to create technology solutions that make us work more efficiently and help our businesses grow. It's our mission to efficiently take care of our clients' wealth, helping them get, and remain properly invested. Our team of agile technologists thrive in a cloud-native environment that values continuous learning using a data-centric approach in developing innovative technology solutions.