Software Engineer III - Java, Kafka
JPMorgan Chase · Posted Oct 15
Global banking, investment, credit card, mortgage, and asset management services
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About the role
JPMorgan Chase's Commercial & Investment Bank Payments Technology team builds secure, stable, and scalable technology products for payments. The role sits within an agile engineering team working on high-performance, latency-sensitive Java services and event-driven, distributed messaging systems. As a Software Engineer III, you will design and deliver production software, produce architecture and design artifacts, and improve coding hygiene and system architecture.
What you will do
- 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
- 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
- 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.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience
- Hands-on experience in enterprise software development, modern testing tools (JUnit, Mockito, Spring Test Framework)
- Excellent understanding of Java fundamentals and frameworks (Spring Boot), OO programming paradigms, multi-threading, messaging technologies and computer networks Experience in building high-performance, latency-sensitive Java applications
- Experience in maintaining and troubleshooting software running in a Linux environment, familiarity with the Linux operating system, system utilities, containers and cloud architectures and services
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with experience working with globally distributed engineers and stakeholders
- Understanding of the full software development lifecycle and agile approach
- Hands-on experience with event driven architecture and distributed messaging technologies (Kafka)
- 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
- Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability. Proficient in coding in one or more languages
Preferred qualifications
- Hands on experience another statically compiled language like Golang, Rust
- Experience with gRPC and Google Protocol Buffers, caching technologies, e.g. Redis
- Experience with infrastructure as code software, e.g. Terraform, designing schemas/data structures in resilient SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g. CockroachDB)
- Familiarity with front-end technologies, like ReactJs. Certified Kubernetes and public cloud knowledge (e.g. CKAD and AWS certifications)
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is one of the oldest, largest, and most diversified financial services institutions in the world. Operating globally through the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands, the firm provides a comprehensive range of financial solutions including investment banking, consumer and commercial banking, transaction processing, and asset management. Serving millions of consumers and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional, and government clients, the company combines deep market expertise with extensive technological investments.
- Industry
- Banking
- Company size
- 320000+ employees
- Founded
- 1799
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Global Chief Information Officer
CEO, Asset & Wealth Management
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