Software Engineer - Java

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

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is seeking a Software Engineer III to join its Equity Derivative Group. This role involves developing innovative technology solutions and collaborating with a diverse team of engineers in an Agile environment. Candidates should have in-depth knowledge of Java/JVM, experience in software engineering, and a passion for building high-quality applications. The position offers an opportunity to work on complex financial systems while improving operational stability.

Qualifications

• Experience with Java/JVM and a solid understanding of software design patterns.
• Hands-on practical experience with application development and operational stability.
• Experience in delivering secure high-quality production code.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality software solutions within a global team.
• Identify and implement opportunities to automate recurring issues.
• Collaborate with various teams to analyze and implement business requirements.

Skills

Java/JVM experience

Agile/Scrum development

Technical troubleshooting

System design

Clean code practices

Education

Formal software engineering training or certification

Tools

Spring

NoSQL databases

Cloud technologies

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 Software Engineer lll at JPMorgan Chase within Equity Derivative Group, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for building critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Team Overview

You will join and collaborate with a global team of technologists at all stages software development pipeline creating high quality software solutions in an environment that encourages curiosity and innovation, grows talent, and applies and sharpens your multi-faceted software engineering skillset.

Job 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
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Collaborate with engineers, business analysts, project managers, and sales and marketers to develop software solutions for our Equity Derivatives platform
• Work within a team of software engineers analyzing and implementing business requirements within an Agile/Scrum environment
• Work closely with production management applying technical knowledge to support business processes, changes, and end users

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient advanced experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience with Java/JVM and the Java/JVM ecosystem
• Understanding of software design patterns and clean code practices
• Experience partnering with product and engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience with object-oriented design and micro-service architectures and best practices
• Experience with finance / derivative products
• Experience with the Java ecosystem including Spring, Web Services, and Messaging
• Experience with NoSQL / Big Data Databases and Cloud technologies
• Experience with Java 11+ and / or additional JVM languages like Kotlin/Scala
• Exceptional client relationship skills including the ability to discover true requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical approaches, and or drive efforts to meet committed timelines with optimal solutions
• Experience working on financial systems is a plus