Software Engineer III - Performance Testing, JMeter

JP Morgan Chase; Hyderabad City Taluka; On-site; PKR 3,824,000 - 5,099,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Software Engineer III to join their Consumer and community banking technology team. You will design and deliver trusted technology products while collaborating with agile teams. Responsibilities include building automation frameworks for backend APIs and supporting CI/CD pipelines. Candidates should have at least 3 years of software engineering experience and strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering or backend API test automation.
• Basic understanding of API protocols (REST, GraphQL, SOAP) and data formats (JSON, XML).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and shift-left testing.

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing and maintaining automation frameworks for backend APIs.
• Support integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for early defect detection.
• Participate in resiliency and chaos testing activities for APIs.

Skills

Backend API test automation

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kafka

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 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

• Assist in designing, building, and maintaining automation frameworks for backend APIs (RESTful, GraphQL) and event-driven systems.
• Support the integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for early defect detection.
• Help validate API response times, throughput, and scalability; assist in identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks.
• Participate in resiliency and chaos testing activities for APIs and distributed systems, simulating failures and monitoring system recovery.
• Collaborate with developers and senior engineers to implement shift-left testing practices, including unit and integration tests.
• Support the use of AI/ML-based tools for test case generation and test data creation.
• Assist in building frameworks for security, compliance, and data validation testing of APIs and event-driven streams.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience.
• General experience in backend API test automation.
• Basic understanding of API protocols (REST, GraphQL, SOAP) and data formats (JSON, XML).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and shift-left testing principles.
• Programming experience in Java, Python, or similar languages.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Exposure to Kafka (Apache Kafka, Confluent) including basic producer/consumer concepts and stream processing.
• Experience with cloud-native APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of API and Kafka security testing (OWASP, OAuth, JWT, SASL, ACLs).
• Experience with AI/ML tools and models.
• Understanding of monitoring and observability tools for distributed systems.