Software Engineer III - Python/Test Automation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in the United Kingdom is seeking a Software Engineer III - Python/Test Automation to join the Payments Technology team within Commercial & Investment Bank. You will design and deliver trusted, scalable automation solutions as part of an agile team.

You will work across Python-based testing, automation frameworks, and data-driven validation, collaborating with stakeholders to ensure quality and reliability of high-performance payments systems.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Python development, testing, and automation experience.
• Experience managing multiple automation deliveries with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience in a large corporate environment with Python and SQL.
• Experience with FAST API, Web UI, API, and database automation.
• Familiar with CI/CD, application resiliency, and security practices.
• Ability to own deliverables and meet timelines.
• Solid understanding of HTTP and REST APIs.
• Experience automating handling of CSV, JSON, XML input files.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable test automation frameworks for a complex, high-performance Payments system.
• Architect and build test automation solutions and reference services using Java to validate software functionality and performance.
• Apply test automation frameworks intelligently to enhance and execute the overall test landscape.
• Execute software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, thinking beyond routine approaches.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications, ensuring software code meets design constraints.
• Gather, analyze, and visualize large, diverse data sets to drive continuous improvement of software systems.
• Proactively identify hidden problems and patterns in data to improve coding hygiene and system architecture.
• Contribute to software engineering communities of practice and participate in events exploring new technologies.
• Collaborate as part of a global team and conduct detailed peer code reviews.
• Work closely with stakeholders to define test requirements and strategies.

Skills

Python

Playwright

Selenium

PyTest

API testing

SQL

FAST API

Web UI

CI/CD

Security

Data analysis

Tools

Postman

Git

Docker

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 - Python/Test Automation at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, particularly in the Payments Technology, 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

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable test automation frameworks for a complex, high-performance Payments system.
• Architect and build test automation solutions and reference services using Java to validate software functionality and performance.
• Apply test automation frameworks intelligently to enhance and execute the overall test landscape.
• Execute software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, thinking beyond routine approaches.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications, ensuring software code meets design constraints.
• Gather, analyze, and visualize large, diverse data sets to drive continuous improvement of software systems.
• Proactively identify hidden problems and patterns in data to improve coding hygiene and system architecture.
• Contribute to software engineering communities of practice and participate in events exploring new technologies.
• Collaborate as part of a global team and conduct detailed peer code reviews.
• Work closely with stakeholders to define test requirements and strategies.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands-on practical experience in Python, Playwright/Selenium, PyTest, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Demonstrated expertise in managing multiple automation deliveries and diverse stakeholders, consistently ensuring high-quality outcomes even under pressure.
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with modern programming language Python along with database querying languages SQL.
• Hands-on Experience in FAST API, Web UI, API, Database automation
• Experience in agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• 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
• Demonstrate full ownership of deliverables, ensuring high standards of quality and adherence to project timelines.
• Solid understanding of HTTP protocol and REST APIs.
• Experience in handling and automating large volumes of diverse input files, including CSV, JSON, and XML format

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Exposure to cloud technologies like AWS/Azure/GCP
• Exposure to LLM models like ChatGPT, Google Bard etc.
• Exposure to Langchain, RAG and Fine Tuning of the LLM Models.
• Exposure to PySpark and Databricks for Data pipeline creation. Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Exposure to cloud technologies
• Experience with ReactJS front-end development is a plus