Software Engineer III (Java/Spring)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City seeks a Software Engineer III to join the Whole Lending Technology team. You will design and deliver secure, scalable software as part of an agile team, supporting critical technology across business functions.

You will work with Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and microservices, write production-ready code, and leverage AI-assisted development tools to boost quality, speed, and security while maintaining reliability.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in system design, development, testing, and operations.
• Experience building in a large corporate environment with modern languages and databases.
• Design and development of microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and related tools.
• Experience in AWS (EKS or EC2) and RDBMS like Oracle or PostgreSQL.
• Experience using AI-assisted software development tools with validation for correctness, performance, and security.

Responsibilities

• Execute software solutions, design, development, and debugging with non-routine problem solving.
• Create secure, high-quality production code and maintain algorithms for reliable systems.
• Leverage AI coding tools to improve code quality, speed, and productivity with peer review and testing.
• Use SDLC tools including AI-assisted development and automation to enhance value.
• Produce architecture/design artifacts for complex applications and ensure constraints are met.
• Gather/analyze data to visualize and report for continuous improvement.

Skills

Software engineering

System design

Debugging

Agile methodologies

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

AWS-EKS

EC2

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Git

Bitbucket

Jira

Jules

Maven

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 function of Whole Lending Technology, 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
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Experience in designing and developing Microservices using the stack of Java, Spring Boot and other components of Spring Framework
• Experience and design in Cloud environment like AWS-EKS or AWS based EC2
• Experience in designing and developing enterprise applications using RDBMS system like Oracle, Postgres, etc.
• 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.
• Solid understanding and exposure to Software development tools like Git, BitBucket, Git, Jira, etc.
• Exposure to agile methodologies through CI/CD tools like Jules, Maven, etc.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Exposure to cloud technologies