Java Backend Software Engineer III
JPMorgan Chase10 hours ago
Base Salary
$114k - $155k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, troubleshoot, and maintain secure, high-quality Java and Spring Boot backend services.
- Design and implement event-driven microservices using Kafka for real-time digital communication workflows.
- Manage and optimize data access across Cassandra, CockroachDB, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.
- Deploy and operate containerized backend services on Kubernetes for availability, scalability, and resilience.
- Produce architecture and design artifacts and ensure implementation meets design constraints.
- Use authorized AI coding tools across development, testing, documentation, monitoring, and release while validating outputs through review and secure practices.
- Analyze large datasets and develop visualizations and reporting to improve software quality and system architecture.
- Design agentic systems with guardrails for safe, reliable, and predictable model behavior.
Requirements
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and at least 3 years of applied experience.
- Hands-on experience with system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
- Professional experience developing, debugging, and maintaining Java and Spring Boot code in a large corporate environment.
- Experience building event-driven, high-throughput backend systems with Kafka, including platforms processing billions of events.
- Production experience deploying and managing containerized applications with Kubernetes.
- Experience building backend services for messaging, notifications, or customer engagement platforms.
- Understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, secure input and output handling, and resiliency and security expectations.
- Proficiency with AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Copilot, and Codex across the software development lifecycle.
- Experience designing agentic systems with robust guardrails.
- Preferred experience with service mesh technologies, API gateway patterns, microservices, cloud-native infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and production observability.
- Preferred experience with performance tuning and query optimization across distributed and relational databases, including Cassandra, CockroachDB, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package with base salary determined by role, experience, skill set, and location.
- Eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation in cash and/or forfeitable equity.
- Comprehensive health care coverage and on-site health and wellness centers.
- Retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, and financial coaching.
- Equal opportunity employer offering reasonable accommodations for religious practices, mental health needs, and physical disabilities.
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About JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase provides consumer and commercial banking, payments, credit card, wealth management, and corporate and investment banking services to individuals, businesses, institutions, and governments. The public company (NYSE: JPM) earns revenue from interest, fees, trading, and asset management across operations in more than 100 markets. Headquartered in New York City with roots dating to 1799, it serves retail customers and prominent corporate and government clients through brands including Chase and J.P. Morgan.