Software Engineer III- Global Banking Platform- Mid Level

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm is seeking a Software Engineer II to enhance and deliver market-leading technology products. The candidate will build scalable microservices, manage CI/CD pipelines, and troubleshoot deployments. Requirements include experience in software engineering concepts and proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java. Preferred qualifications involve familiarity with RESTful APIs, cloud providers, and agile methodologies. Join a diverse team dedicated to innovation in the banking sector.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in developing scalable microservices.
• Experience in automated testing as part of the development cycle.
• Knowledge of SDLC and deployment troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable microservices.
• Write high-quality, secure code with limited guidance.
• Manage deployments and troubleshoot from test to production.
• Interface with other teams to ensure structured feature addition.
• Contribute to a diverse and inclusive team culture.

Skills

Software engineering concepts

System design

Application development

Testing

Operational stability

Go

Python

Java

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Apache Kafka

Job description

Be an integral part of a team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Software Engineer II at JPMorgan Chase within the Global Banking Platform (GBP), you are an integral part of a team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way.

We are building the next generation core banking platform that will operate at a global scale and will support hundreds of millions of accounts. We use cloud native technologies, and the work involves the development of micro-services, integrations, dashboards, production support tools and CI/CD pipelines.

Initially, successful candidates for the role will be seconded to a FinTech software partner. This is an exciting opportunity to experience the day to day of a fintech while being fully backed by JPMC. After the conclusion of the secondment, all secondees will return to JPMC and apply the knowledge, technologies and practices acquired and develop the critical services to support GBP’s worldwide journey to the cloud.

Job responsibilities

• Design, implement and develop scalable, performant microservices using software engineering best practices.
• Writes secure and high-quality code with limited guidance
• Writes automated unit tests, integration tests, etc.
• Applies technical knowledge to solve technical problems of basic complexity
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) toolchain to reduce toil and add value by automation
• Manage and troubleshoot deployments from testing environments all the way to production.
• Interface with other engineering teams to ensure that features are added in a structured and coherent way.
• Translate generic product requirements into trackable tickets.
• Learns and applies system processes, methodologies, and skills for the development of secure, stable code and systems
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

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
• Experience in at least one major programming language: Go as preference, Python and/or Java
• Experience in developing automated tests as an integral part of the development cycle.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Experience with RESTful APIs
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Knowledge of banking / finance.
• Experience with any cloud provider.
• Familiar with databases (SQL or NoSQL).
• Experience with client/server software architectures & networking, or microservice architectures.
• Experience using orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Mesos.
• Experience with streaming architectures and tools (e.g. Kafka).