Backend / Full Stack Software Engineer III

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 within the Corporate & Investment Bank - Athena team, you will 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 will be responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Athena is JPMorgan Chase’s transformative cross-asset risk and trade management platform. It is the foundation on which innovative and efficient applications are built for a wide range of the firm's businesses, including sales, trading, operations, risk, and research. As part of our dynamic team, you will contribute to a wide range of exciting initiatives by leveraging the best open source, cloud (AWS), and internally developed technologies. As a member of our team, you will be exposed to different lines of business and technology groups across the firm.

Athena’s core platform team is focused on keeping Athena modern, efficient, scalable, resilient, and secure. Whether you are adding new capabilities or improving existing features our team is dedicated to building a flexible and nimble platform that will continue providing JPMorgan Chase with a strategic advantage in today’s volatile markets.

Job responsibilities

• Execute software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Think outside of the box and deliver simple solutions for complex problems
• Modernize Athena's proprietary batch scheduling system while maintaining the current infrastructure
• Build secure, high-quality production code that executes critical functions across multiple lines of businesses  
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex systems within JPMC standards
• Ensure systems can be efficiently operated via metrics, monitoring, and operational tools 
• Proactively identify problems and take ownership over architecting solutions
• Interface directly with operations teams and developers to solve production issues
• Communicate solutions, plans, and designs to management
• Provide guidance on architecting solutions using the Athena platform
• Embody our team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience
• Professional experience in system design, development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining production quality code
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Strong communication skills and experience interfacing with clients

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working with distributed systems
• Proficiency with one or more public cloud service providers
• Deep Python knowledge
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies
• Expertise in MySQL or similar database
• Experience in Linux
• Full stack engineering

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 offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. For those in eligible roles, we offer discretionary incentive compensation which may be awarded in recognition of firm performance and individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are di