Software Engineer III- Infrastructure- Global Banking Platform

J.P. Morgan; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Greater London is seeking a Software Engineer III to enhance the Global Banking Platform by developing scalable and secure microservices. Ideal candidates should have hands-on experience in programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java and should be familiar with Kubernetes and Terraform. The role offers a blend of fintech experience and corporate support, challenging you to innovate while improving system architecture and coding practices. Join a vibrant team focusing on cloud-based solutions and software engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience in developing automated tests as an integral part of the development cycle.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable microservices following best practices.
• Write secure, high-quality code and automated tests.
• Troubleshoot and manage deployments from testing to production.

Skills

Programming in Go

Programming in Python

Programming in Java

System design

Kubernetes

Terraform

Agile methodologies

Software Development Life Cycle

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

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 III 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
• Writes automated unit tests, integration tests, etc.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in code and data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
• 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.
• 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

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 at least one major programming language: Go, Python and/or Java
• Experience with Kubernetes and Terraform
• Experience in developing automated tests as an integral part of the development cycle.
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Experience with any cloud provider.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Knowledge of banking / finance.
• Certification in AWS, Kubernetes (CKE) and Terraform
• Familiar with databases (SQL or NoSQL).
• Experience with client/server software architectures & networking, or microservice architectures.
• Experience with observability tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Open Telemetry and others.
• Experience with streaming architectures and tools (e.g. Kafka)