Software Engineer III

JPMorganChase; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Hyderabad seeks a Software Engineer III to design and deliver trusted, scalable backend services and APIs supporting ATM transactions and channel features. You will contribute to modernizing architectures, implement CI/CD pipelines, and uphold secure coding standards across the software development lifecycle.

You will collaborate with hardware interfaces and vendor SDKs, apply security practices, and participate in on-call rotations while driving reliability improvements and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering and distributed systems.
• Experience defining backend architectures in Java for performance-critical services.
• Proficiency with RESTful and/or gRPC services; familiarity with Kafka and relational/NoSQL databases.
• Hands-on experience leading CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code; Docker/Kubernetes in production.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain backend services and APIs with focus on availability and performance.
• Collaborate on integrations with hardware interfaces, vendor SDKs, and messaging systems.
• Apply secure coding practices and follow risk/compliance requirements; remediate findings with guidance.
• Contribute to modernization efforts (microservices, event-driven workflows) and reduce technical debt.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated testing; instrument services for metrics/logs/traces; contribute to dashboards and alerts.
• Participate in on-call rotations, triage incidents, and contribute to post-mortems.
• Write documentation for designs, runbooks, and procedures; follow coding standards and perform peer reviews.
• Leverage enterprise AI coding assist tools to improve code quality and delivery speed; ensure outputs are validated through reviews.
• Apply SDLC tools including AI-assisted development to improve automation value.

Skills

Java

REST APIs

gRPC

Kafka

Databases

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Cloud

Security

Observability

Incident response

Mentoring

Tools

PostgreSQL

Oracle

NoSQL

AWS

Azure

Job description

Job Description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

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 JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and community banking technology team, 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, build, test, and maintain backend services and APIs that support ATM transactions, device management, and channel features with a focus on availability and performance.
• Collaborate on integrations with hardware/device interfaces, vendor SDKs, and messaging/queuing systems; support compatibility testing and coordinated software/firmware rollouts.
• Apply secure coding practices (authentication, authorization, encryption, secrets handling) and follow internal risk/compliance requirements; remediate findings with guidance from senior engineers.
• Contribute to modernization efforts (e.g., microservices, event-driven workflows) by implementing components, refactoring legacy modules, and reducing technical debt.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated testing (unit/integration/contract); instrument services for metrics, logs, and traces; contribute to SLO dashboards and alerts.
• Participate in on-call rotations, triage production incidents, and contribute to post-mortems and corrective actions.
• Write clear documentation for designs, runbooks, and operational procedures; follow established coding standards and patterns; provide peer code reviews.
• 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.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience
• Experience, with demonstrated leadership in building and operating distributed, high-availability systems at scale.
• Proven track record defining and delivering backend architectures in Java for performance-critical services; proficiency with at least one scripting language (Python/Bash) for tooling and automation.
• Expertise designing RESTful and/or gRPC services; deep familiarity with messaging/streaming platforms (Kafka, MQ, or similar) and relational/NoSQL databases (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB/Cassandra).
• Hands-on experience leading CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code programs; containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and production workloads on a major cloud (AWS/Azure).
• Advanced knowledge of secure SDLC, secrets management, TLS/mTLS; experience steering vulnerability management and remediation at the program level.
• Strong command of observability (metrics/logging/tracing), alerting, and dashboarding; history of defining SLIs/SLOs and operationalizing them across teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead incident response, run effective post-mortems, and drive systemic reliability improvements with SRE and partner teams.
• Excellent communication and influence skills; able to align stakeholders and mentor engineers across multiple squads.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Experience with ATM/branch channels, hardware device control, or embedded device integrations.
• Knowledge of ISO 8583/20022 and card/payment transaction processing; familiarity with HSMs, PIN translation, and cryptographic key management in financial services.
• Experience with device/edge fleet management, over-the-air updates, and remote telemetry at global scale.
• Depth in event-driven architectures, workflow/state machines, and idempotent processing patterns; experience implementing saga/compensation strategies.
• Familiarity with SRE practices and running resiliency programs (e.g., chaos experiments, game days) across critical customer journeys.

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