Software Engineer II - Java

Job Description
We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.
As a Software Engineer II at JPMorgan Chase within the Prime Financial Services team, you'll play a key role in the Trade Processing team, a vital component of our Global Clearing business in Equities within the Corporate and Investment Bank. Our team is responsible for the seamless processing of hundreds of thousands of transactions daily, bridging the gap between our clients and clearing houses. Our global clearing services, covering all major clearing houses, set us apart in the market. Your contributions will be crucial in ensuring timely, error-free, and efficient processing of client trades, with technology at the heart of these services.
You'll be aligned with one of our dynamic Product Teams, each dedicated to advancing a specific function within our technology ecosystem. These include areas such as Booking, Clearing, Affirmation, Charging, Data, and Modernization. Our applications are predominantly built in Java and utilize advanced, distributed technologies like Kafka and AMPS. Over the next two years, we are making significant investments to transition to containers (Kubernetes) and the cloud (AWS), enhancing our resilience, stability, capacity, and performance. Our global team of 30 professionals, with a strong presence in Glasgow and Bengaluru, thrives on extensive collaboration across locations, fostering innovation and growth. Our Product Teams are at the forefront of agile methodologies, continuously evolving to deliver innovative solutions.
Job responsibilities

• 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
• Develop a strong understanding of key functions such as clearing, margining, and settlements within the OTC world, and proactively contribute to long-range organizational goals, strategic planning, and the implementation of best practices across the group
• Plan and manage Unit, System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing , while contributing to quality improvement through code reviews, adherence to code/architecture standards, and promoting code reuse
• Contribute to our data strategy including the storing of snapshots, streaming of real time, and cataloguing of our different data models
• Drive the delivery of business value through change programs within the OTC ( Over the Counter) clearing technology group, partnering with tech leads to develop realistic and achievable project estimates
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Strong coding skills in Java (17 or later) and proficiency in one or more additional programming and database querying languages. Experience with related technical frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate, and tools like Maven, Jenkins, and Git/Subversion
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment. Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle and agile methodologies, including CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills (both verbal and written). Ability to tackle complex, large-scale problems and provide end-to-end solutions.
• Solid understanding of database (Oracle) concepts with working knowledge of vendors and exposure to performance tuning.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across business, operations, and technical teams. Some experience in providing production support in a Level 2/Level 3 capacity.

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About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.