Software Engineer III (Java Full Stack)

JP Morgan Chase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Software Engineer III within the Digital Post Trade Technology team. You will design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, scalable way, supporting the firm’s objectives.

You will join an agile team responsible for building production-ready software, applying AI-assisted tools, ensuring code quality, and maintaining robust architecture across multiple business functions.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts is required.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proven experience with Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and React in large corporate environments.
• Experience using enterprise AI-assisted development tools with ability to evaluate outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Knowledge of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, data sensitivity, secure handling, and resiliency.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting with ability to tackle non-routine problems.
• Creates secure, high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run with related systems.
• Leverages enterprise-approved AI coding assist tools to increase code quality, delivery speed, and productivity with peer review, testing, and secure coding standards.
• Applies SDLC tools and AI-assisted development/automation to improve automation value.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex apps and ensures constraints are met by code development.
• Gathers and analyzes data to develop visualizations and reporting for continuous software improvement.
• Proactively identifies data patterns to drive improvements in coding hygiene and system architecture.

Skills

Java

Spring / Spring Boot

Kafka

React

CI/CD

Security

Tools

AI-assisted development tools

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 Digital Post Trade 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

• 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

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
• Proven experience with Java, Spring / Spring Boot, Kafka, React
• 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, 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

• NoSQL experience (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB concepts) and/or strong data modeling for non-relational use cases.
• Cloud exposure (AWS/Azure/GCP): basic architecture, networking/security primitives, managed services, observability.
• Familiarity with modern front-end ecosystem (TypeScript, state management, component libraries, testing frameworks).
• Experience or exposure to: AI modeling basics (evaluation, prompting, model limitations, safety/security concerns)
• Agentic architecture patterns (tool-using agents, orchestration, guardrails, evaluation)