Software Engineer III - UAT, Payments

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Bournemouth is seeking a Software Engineer III within the Commercial & Investment Bank to join an agile team.

You will design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way, supporting the firm’s business objectives across multiple functions. You will work with modern programming languages and data tooling, leveraging enterprise AI coding assist tools, and contribute to continuous improvements in coding quality and system

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and debugging with ability to break down complex problems.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications and ensures design constraints are met.
• Gathers and analyzes data to drive improvements in software and systems.
• Identify patterns in data to improve coding hygiene and system architecture.
• Contributes to communities of practice and explores new technologies.
• Uses AI-assisted coding tools within the work environment and validates outputs via peer review and testing.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC tools and automation to improve value.

Skills

Java

Selenium

Cucumber/Gherkin

Agile methodologies

Test Driven Development

CI/CD

AI-assisted development

Secure coding

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 JPMorganChase within the Commercial & 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
• 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.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, 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 coding in one or more languages
• Experience or equivalent expertise at troubleshooting, resolving, and maintaining Cucumber / Gherkin, Java, Selenium or a similar tool is required. Functional knowledge of Payments domain and experienced in testing processes in order to define requirements, document user stories and test scripts through to test execution. Experienced in using Business Driven Development / Test Driven Development test methodology or test case automation.
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages. Expertise in Agile project delivery methodology and skills to learn and work with evolving methodologies
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, test creation, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate, validate, and refine AI-generated outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; ability to guide peers on safe and effective usage within team practices.
• 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

• Relevant testing experience within the Financial Services industry supporting multiple LOB’s delivering in a highly complex, pressurized and high volume environment.
• Advanced numeracy and Microsoft skills. PowerPoint / Pitch Pro skills - able to create professional slides and structure presentations with minimal input and need for secondary review.