Java AWS Software Engineer III

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City is seeking a Software Engineer III to join the Asset & Wealth Management - Wealth Management Alternatives Tech Team. You will design, develop, and deploy secure, scalable software across multiple domains, aligning with firm objectives.

You will build RESTful APIs, implement TDD/BDD, and leverage AI-assisted coding tools while ensuring code quality, security, and operational resilience. Collaborate across teams in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• 3+ years applied software development experience.
• Experience in system design, development, testing, and stability.
• Hands-on coding in Java with Spring/Spring Boot.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design and testing frameworks (JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber).
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools and ensuring secure AI outputs.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Creates secure, high-quality production code and maintains algorithms.
• Leverages enterprise AI coding tools to improve code quality and speed (peer reviews, automated testing).
• Applies SDLC tools to improve automation and value.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications.
• Gathers and visualizes data to improve software and systems.
• Identifies data patterns to drive coding hygiene and architecture improvements.
• Builds and maintains RESTful APIs in a microservices architecture.
• Writes and maintains TDD/BDD test cases with proper coverage.

Skills

Software architecture

System design

Java & Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

CI/CD & Agile

AI-assisted development tools

Security & resiliency

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts

Tools

JUnit

TestNG

Cucumber

Terraform

AWS (ECS, S3, Lambda)

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 JPMorganChase within the Asset & Wealth Management - Wealth Management Alternatives Tech 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

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems

• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems

• 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.

• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development

• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems

• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture

• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and work on microservices architecture.

• Write and maintain TDD/BDD test cases; ensure test coverage.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience

• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

• 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 coding in Java, Spring/Spring Boot

• Strong understanding of RESTful API design.

• Proficiency in testing frameworks like JUnit, TestNG, and Cucumber.

• 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.

• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle

• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with full-stack application development.
• Experience working with AWS cloud services (e.g., ECS, S3, Lambda) and proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
• Experience with AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot, Cline, Claude Code.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.