Software Engineer II - Java and DevOps Developer

About the position

You're ready to gain the skills and experience needed to grow within your role and advance your career - and we have the perfect software engineering opportunity for you. As a Software Engineer II - Java and DevOps Developer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Payments Technology Space, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver payments capabilities to Global markets in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.

Responsibilities

• Designs and develops software solutions by utilizing strong problem-solving skills to create and implement high-quality, stable, and secure software, engaging in effective requirements gathering and collaborating with team members to ensure successful project outcomes
• Produces and maintains production code by developing stable, secure, and high-quality production code, while reviewing and debugging code written by others to ensure best practices are followed
• Increases operational stability by identifying opportunities to eliminate or automate the remediation of recurring issues and contributing to the overall stability and efficiency of software applications and systems
• Leverages development tools by applying knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle to enhance the value realized through automation
• Writes secure and high-quality code using the syntax of at least one programming language with limited guidance
• Designs, develops, codes, and troubleshoots with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain to improve the value realized by automation
• Applies technical troubleshooting to break down solutions and solve technical problems of basic complexity
• Gathers, analyzes, and draws conclusions from large, diverse data sets to identify problems and contribute to decision-making in service of secure, stable application development
• Learns and applies system processes, methodologies, and skills for the development of secure, stable code and systems
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Requirements

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 2+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Core java (version 17 or higher) development experience with Spring Boot or similar frameworks
• Experience with two or more database technologies such as Oracle, Cassandra or in-memory DB/cache and experience with message bus technologies such as Kafka
• Demonstrated understanding of agile principles and their practical application within a software development team to enhance collaboration, flexibility and efficiency
• Understanding of Test Driven Development concepts and experience of testing using tools such as JUnit and Mockito
• Experience in developing and deploying cloud-native applications (12-factor app) with demonstrated implementation of Restful microservices, containers, resilient and scalable platforms (ideally AWS, Kubernetes)
• Experience across the whole Software Development Life Cycle
• Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Emerging knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a development-operations integrated environment with strong understanding of DevOps principles
• Prior experience in the Financial Industry
• Experience developing open source libraries that are integrated into applications by other internal teams
• Experience working on high-throughput, mission-critical, high-performance STP platforms