Software Engineer III - Java/Spring Boot/Kafka

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

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City is seeking a Software Engineer III to join the Consumer and Community Banking technology team.

You will be a core technical contributor responsible for delivering secure, scalable software solutions across multiple business functions in an agile environment. You will design, develop, and troubleshoot production code, create architecture artifacts, and analyze large data sets to drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 3+ years of practical experience.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficient in Java with strong coding practices.
• Experience with Spring Boot and Kubernetes in scalable environments.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS) and modern data technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure, high-quality production code and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Create architecture and design artifacts for complex applications.
• Analyze large data sets to inform software improvements and reporting.
• Contribute to engineering communities and adopt emerging technologies.
• Work within an agile team to deliver trusted technology products.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Cloud technologies (AWS, ECS, S3)

Front-end technologies

Education

Software engineering training/certification

Tools

Cassandra

Kafka

Spark

Scala

HDFS

AWS

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As an Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking technology team, youare an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting 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
• 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
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies

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
• Proficient in coding in Java
• Experience with Spring boot
• Experience with Kubernetes
• 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.
• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Exposure to cloud technologies (e.g. AWS, ECS, S3)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Programming with NoSQL/NPL a plus (Cassandra)
• Familiar with big data technologies - Spark, Scala, HDFS
• Familiar with modern infrastructure technology and architecture (cloud, virtualization, object stores, etc.)
• Familiar with Kafka