Software Engineer II - Low-Latency Java and Kafka

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Bengaluru seeks a Software Engineer II to join a Payments and Liquidity agile team. You will contribute to design, development, and troubleshooting of software components in a secure, scalable environment, applying AI-assisted tools and secure coding practices.

You will work across the SDLC, leverage modern languages, and participate in CI/CD and security initiatives while delivering high-quality code for enterprise systems.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering experience in NAMR/APAC – India/LATAM/Hong Kong.
• Hands-on Java, databases (Oracle / Mogodb), messaging systems, GRPC, and system design.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and secure coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Executes standard software solution, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Writes secure, high-quality code with minimal guidance in Java and other languages.
• Uses enterprise AI coding tools to boost quality, speed, and productivity with peer review.
• Designs and troubleshoots with awareness of upstream/downstream systems.
• Applies SDLC tools and automation to improve value and resilience.
• Troubleshoots technical issues of basic complexity across the stack.
• Gathers and analyzes large data sets to aid secure, stable development.
• Learns system processes and applies secure, stable coding practices.

Skills

Java

Databases

GRPC

AI-assisted development

SDLC / CI/CD

System design

Security practices

Microservices

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Terraform

AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service

Kubernetes

EC2

CI/CD tooling

Oracle / PostgreSQL

Job description

You’re ready to gain the skills and experience needed to grow within your role and advance your career — and we have the perfect software engineering opportunity for you.

As a Software Engineer II at JPMorganChase within the JPMorgan Chase within the Payments and Liquidity business, you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components of the firm’s state-of-the-art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.

Job responsibilities

• Executes standard software solution, design, development, and technical troubleshooting
• Writes secure and high-quality code using the syntax of at least one programming language with limited guidance
• Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards.
• Designs, develops, codes, and troubleshoots with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications
• 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
• Applies technical troubleshooting to breakdown solutions and solve technical problems of basic complexity
• Gathers, analyzes, and draws conclusions from large, diverse data sets to identify problems and contribute to decision-making in service of secure, stable application development
• Learns and applies system processes, methodologies, and skills for the development of secure, stable code and systems

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 2+ years applied experience ( NAMR/APAC – India/ LATAM/ Hong Kong)
• Hands-on practical experience in Java, Distributed Databases (Oracle / Mogodb), Messing System / MQ, GRPC, High Traffic, Low Latency, System Design concepts
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, testing, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate and validate AI-generated outputs.
• 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 across the whole Software Development Life Cycle
• Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Full stack Java developer experience in enterprise application development
• Strong experience in SDLC delivery in Agile methodologies
• At least two years experience in Java 17+
• Experience developing microservices, packaged into AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service and/or Elastic Container Service, and deployed to EC2 instances
• Experience writing Terraform scripts and deploying in AWS production environment
• Experience in at least one relational database management system (preferably Oracle or PostgreSQL)