Software Engineer III - Java, Python, Databricks

J.P. Morgan; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment bank in Bournemouth is seeking a Software Engineer III. The successful candidate will execute software solutions, contribute to agile teams, and work on secure, high-quality code production. The role emphasizes advanced understanding of software development and agile methodologies. Ideal applicants will possess strong programming skills and hands-on experience in corporate software development environments.

Qualifications

• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a corporate environment.
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies such as CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting.
• Creates secure and high-quality production code.
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations from large data sets.

Skills

Software engineering concepts

Agile methodologies

Coding in one or more languages

Developing and debugging code

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Java

Spring

SQL

AWS

Python

Job description

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

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate and Investment Bank, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design 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 and proficient applied experience
• Hands‑on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficient in coding in one or more 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., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Proficiency in Java, Spring, Microservices, Kafka/distribution, SQL, Kubernatos/dockers, Flink, Spark/Databricks, AWS, Python, SQL…
• Familiarity with modern front‑end technologies
• Exposure to cloud technologies