Software Engineer III (Java/Springboot/Kafka/Cloud)

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 Consumer and Community Banking Connected Commerce line of business, 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

• Lead and contribute to the design, development, and implementation of robust software solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, architect solutions, and deliver high-quality software products. Communicate effectively in a team environment.
• Understand and implement agile methodologies and experience working in agile development teams.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following best practices and coding standards.
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and mentor junior engineers.
• Optimize software operations, including deployment, monitoring, and incident response.
• Utilize strong analytical, problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex distributed systems.
• Continuously improve system performance, security, and operational efficiency.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of technical documentation and operational procedures.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, recommending innovative solutions to enhance products and processes.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience
• Deep professional experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of delivering complex, high-quality software solutions.
• Advanced proficiency in Java and Spring Boot, with hands-on experience in microservices architecture. Strong coding skills in Java, with familiarity with the latest advancements in the language and ecosystem.
• Proficient in building event-driven architectures leveraging Apache Kafka for messaging and data streaming.
• Hands-on experience with both relational (such as Aurora RDS, Oracle) and NoSQL (such as Cassandra) databases.
• Prior experience deploying, managing, and scaling applications on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. 
• Practical experience implementing and maintaining true Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines, enabling automated, reliable, and frequent software releases.
• Commitment to DevOps principles, including  "You build it, you run it" philosophy, taking ownership of software from development through production operations, including monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools (e.g., Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack).
• Ability to build smarter with automation of repetitive tasks, leveraging tools and frameworks to streamline development, testing, deployment, and operational processes.
• Focus on high-quality development practices, with a strong emphasis on minimizing production defects through continuous testing, automated test coverage, and proactive quality assurance.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Exposure to code assistants such as GitHub Copilot or similar AI-powered development tools to enhance productivity and code quality.
• Experience working in financial services, fintech, or other highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation. Data analytics and business intelligence such as Snowflake, Terradata.
• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and continuous improvement in software engineering practices.