Software Engineer III - Java - Senior Associate

Aumni; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan in London seeks a Software Engineer III to join the Payments Technology group within the Commercial & Investment Bank. You will contribute as a key technical team member delivering secure, scalable software across diverse domains to support the firm’s goals.

The role emphasizes agile delivery, high-quality production code, and proactive use of AI-assisted tools to accelerate development while ensuring compliance and security.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Experience in system design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Proficient in SDLC, design patterns, and best practices.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies (CI/CD, security, resiliency).
• Experience with high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems.
• Experience using AI-assisted coding tools and validating outputs.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting with ability to solve complex problems.
• Produces secure, high-quality production code and maintains efficient algorithms.
• Leverages AI coding assist tools to improve code quality, speed, and productivity with peer review and secure coding standards.
• Applies SDLC toolchains and automation to increase value.
• Creates architecture and design artifacts for complex applications and ensures constraints are met.
• Analyzes large data sets to visualize metrics for continuous improvement of software.
• Identifies patterns in data to drive architecture and coding hygiene improvements.

Skills

Java on Spring Boot

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Security

AI-assisted development tools

Distributed systems

Problem-solving

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts

Tools

AI-assisted development tools

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 Commercial & Investment Bank's Payments Technology group, you play a vital role in an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering reliable, market-leading technology products with a focus on security, stability, and scalability. As a key technical contributor, you are tasked with implementing essential technology solutions across diverse technical domains, supporting various business functions to achieve the firm’s strategic goals

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.

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. Design and deliver market-leading technology products in a secure and scalable way as a seasoned member of an agile team

Job responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity across complex deliverables (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards; contributes learnings and reusable patterns to improve broader team effectiveness.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
• 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

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience in Java on Spring Boot programming language
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle, software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Hands on experience working with high throughput, low latency distributed systems ensuring efficient communication and integration between different systems
• Proven record of providing end-user support with excellent problem-solving abilities
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching senior engineers/leads on compliant usage patterns and controls.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Advanced knowledge in reactive programming technology
• Knowledge of On-prem and/or public cloud
• Knowledge in Cockroach or Cassandra / distributed database