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

New York 27 days agoFull-time External
Negotiable
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.