Software Engineer III (Backend Engineer)

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 JPMorgan Chase, AWM, OPEN INVEST, 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

Help build, maintain and manage our backend services, APIs, frameworks, and platform
Integrate our backend application into our consumer-facing frontend applications
Write high quality, effective, scalable code maintaining best practices
Contribute to observability and monitoring tools to detect issues, measure performance and produce telemetry for developers.
Participate in code reviews, rotating on-call, architecture reviews, and project planning
Work on release management, rollout & deployment of services
Work cross-functionally with other stakeholders like the product, operations, and sales teams, to design and build services to support business goals
Lead engineering projects and mentor other junior engineers
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience
Proven expertise in thinking through software architecture & infrastructure decisions
Extensive experience with Python & related frameworks, libraries, and patterns
Familiarity with front-end technologies like React
Knowledge and proficiency in using object-relational mapping (ORM) and relational databases
Experience designing and building robust, scalable, secure systems and technology solutions
Proven understanding of microservices-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
Comfortable working in an honest and transparent culture; providing and receiving meaningful and intentional feedback
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

You are passionate about technology as a tool for solving problems
You are a practical decision-maker that balances long-term and short-term concerns
You are a product-minded problem solver
You have a strong background or interest in building products or systems
You are comfortable in dealing with lots of moving pieces
You enjoy learning about and working with new technologies & systems
You can adequately evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space, and time
ABOUT US

JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.




ABOUT THE TEAM

J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.