Software Engineer III - JAVA / REACT JS / DevOps

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is seeking a skilled Lead Software Engineer in Bournemouth. This role focuses on enhancing technology products while leading a team. Candidates should have proficiency in Java, agile methodologies, and substantial experience in software development life cycle management. The position includes responsibilities such as developing creative software solutions and providing production support. If you have a passion for engineering in a significant tech environment, apply for this exciting opportunity.

Qualifications

• Proficient with Java core concepts and hands-on experience in Java.
• Understanding of CI/CD and Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Expertise in databases and JVM performance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers and conduct code reviews.
• Develop and enhance software solutions.
• Provide third-level production support and improve production systems.

Skills

Java

Agile methodologies

Software Development Life Cycle

Microservice architecture

Unix/Linux

Education

Formal training in software engineering

Tools

Git/Bitbucket

Jira

Jenkins

Gradle

Maven

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank organization, you are an integral part of an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. As a core technical contributor, you will be responsible for implementing critical technology solutions across multiple technical domains, supporting various business functions to achieve the firm’s business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Works at code level with Java while leading a team of developers and provides regular coaching, conduct code and design reviews
• Works directly with business Ops and technology teams to articulate new technology requirements and solve business problems
• Collaborates with other members of a globally distributed team to brainstorm new ideas / solutions, and provide mentoring and technical expertise to the team
• Develops specific enhancements and build new solutions to fulfil business objectives related to new business requirements
• Owns the end-to-end process of feature deliveries through the full SDLC process, including requirements gathering, development, unit and integration testing, packaging, deployment, and support
• Work closely with other technology teams to ensure that required changes are made in other systems
• Ensures technology solutions meet business and client requirements, that they are robust and supportable
• Documents release procedures and support notes for deliverables to enable proper support by our production management groups
• Provides third level production support on a rotation basis – analyse issues observed in production, provide detailed analysis and recommendations to production management groups, and identify opportunities to improve the production system

Required Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle and tools including Git/Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins, Gradle, Maven
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, Security, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and using tools such as JUnit and mocking frameworks
• Hands-on coding experience in Java, and understanding of Java Core concepts including object-oriented design, memory management, multi-threading/concurrency, and new language features up to Java 17 while leading team of Software Engineers
• Expertise in Java technologies/frameworks such as Spring/Spring Boot, and REST based services
• Expertise in designing and implementing scalable micro service architectures with high resiliency capabilities
• Proficiency in Unix/Linux environments, ability to navigate the system, investigate processes and logs
• Expertise in Databases, relational, and No-SQL and JVM performance analysis including profiling, heap dump analysis, thread dump analysis, and GC tuning
• Demonstrated ability in supporting production environments, responding to user concerns, and taking ownership of production issues while working in a third level advanced support capacity

Preferred Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Knowledge of cloud compute platforms, including AWS
• Hands-on coding experience in JavaScript, REACT JS