Software Engineer III

JPMorganChase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase's Asset & Wealth Management infrastructure team is seeking a Software Engineer III to design and deliver trusted technology products in a secure, scalable way. You will work as a seasoned member of an agile team across multiple domains to support the firm's objectives.

This role focuses on building production-grade code, applying SRE/DevOps practices, and leveraging enterprise AI coding assistants.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in site reliability engineering concepts.
• 5+ years of applied experience, plus 2+ years leading technologists.
• Experience in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering.
• Exposure to observability tools and cloud architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and troubleshoot software in an agile team.
• Produce secure, high-quality production code with testing.
• Leverage AI coding assistants while maintaining peer review and security.
• Apply SDLC tools to automate and improve value delivery.
• Create architecture and design artifacts for complex apps.
• Glean insights from large data sets to improve software.
• Identify data patterns to drive architectural improvements.
• Follow best practices in SRE, DevOps, and observability.

Skills

SRE concepts

Leadership experience

Observability

Automation basics

AI in reliability

Talent development

Programming: Python/Java/.Net

CI/CD & containerization

Security and auditability

Cloud architecture

Education

SRE certification

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK

CloudWatch

GitHub Copilot

CI/CD tooling

Kubernetes

AWS services

Job description

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 Asset and Wealth Management infrastructure 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 break down 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, 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.
• Follow best practices in SRE, DevOps, and observability to enhance platform health.
• Analyze large volumes of structured, unstructured, and telemetry data to uncover trends, anomalies, and actionable insights.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Formal training or certification on site reliability engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, 2+ years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise.
• Experience in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering environments.
• Exposure to observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, or CloudWatch.
• Basic understanding of automation, operational tooling, and event‑driven workflows and foundational knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud architecture.
• Experience leading teams in the safe use of enterprise‑authorized AI capabilities within the work environment for reliability engineering workflows, including validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Experience hiring, developing, and recognizing talent.
• Proficient in at least one programming language such as Python, Java/Spring Boot, .Net.
• Proficient knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a given technical discipline (e.g., Cloud, AI, Android, etc.).
• Proficient with CI/CD practices and related tooling, container/container orchestration, and troubleshooting common networking technologies and issues.
• Ability to set and reinforce organization‑level practices for reviewing AI‑assisted recommendations and escalating uncertain decisions while maintaining resiliency, security, and auditability outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Hands‑on experience with AWS services (ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, RDS, EKS).
• Experience with AI‑powered coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering, embeddings, or RAG‑based systems.
• Exposure to building operational tools such as chatbots or runbook automation.
• Proficiency in Java and Python.
• Familiarity with AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, or other LLM APIs is a plus.

About Us

JPMorgan Chase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission‑based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on‑site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.

About The Team

J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry‑leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.