Software Engineer III, Securities Services Technology

Testing Site - JPMC; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Testing Site - JPMC is seeking a Software Engineer in Securities Services to join an agile team responsible for building secure, scalable technology products. You will develop production code, review peers, and optimize backend systems for performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes modern development practices, cloud-native architectures, and AI integration, with collaboration across Leads, Architects, and stakeholders to deliver business value.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• 5+ years of applied software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience in system design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficient in Java 17+ and Spring Boot; experience with RESTful APIs.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review code from others.
• Optimize back-end applications for speed, reliability and scalability.
• Drive adoption of best practices in software development and AI integration.
• Identify opportunities to automate remediation and improve operational stability.
• Collaborate with Leads and Architects on new products; gather requirements from stakeholders.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot

CI/CD

Agile

REST APIs

Education

Software engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Kafka

EKS

Distributed Cache

Python

NoSQL Cassandra

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 within Securities Services, you will be an integral part of an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will conduct critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas, supporting the firm’s business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, thinking beyond routine approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code; review and debug code written by others.
• Optimize back-end applications for maximum speed, reliability, and scalability.
• Drive adoption of best practices in software development and AI integration, maintaining high standards of quality, security, and efficiency.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Work with stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure solutions meet business needs.
• Collaborate with technical Leads and Architects for new products.
• Contribute to a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Proficient in coding in one or more object-oriented languages, including Java 17+ with Spring Boot.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Experience building enterprise applications with high availability and performance using Java, Spring, Kafka, EKS, Distributed Cache.
• Practical cloud native experience.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Keen interest in staying ahead of modern development trends and experimenting with emerging technologies such as AI and Machine Learning.
• Hands-on experience with Microservices, Data usage patterns, and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA).
• Hands-on experience with no SQL Data bases like Cassandra.
• Hands-on experience with Python programming.
• Experience with RESTful APIs concepts and its integration with React.js.
• Experience working in financial services.