Software Engineer III – Backend Engineering – Java/Kotlin

Company: JP Morgan Chase
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this role, you contribute to the Accelerator team by turning smart ideas into customer-focused products. You work in cross-functional squads, shaping scalable, secure systems that support real-world fintech problems. You’ll continuously evolve technologies and patterns to keep releases reliable and optimized for performance. You join a people-first culture that values collaboration, curiosity, and commitment, making a meaningful impact across the organization and with clients worldwide.

Responsibilities

  • Model domain concepts to build market-leading business products
  • Structure code for clarity, testability, and evolution
  • Design scalable architectures to avoid single points of failure
  • Develop secure software to protect users and assets
  • Investigate and resolve issues promptly to prevent recurrence
  • Ensure zero-downtime releases for end users
  • Optimize data access patterns for performance
  • Maintain reliable, operable systems and up-to-date technologies and patterns

Key requirements

  • Formal training or certification in problem-solving concepts with applied experience
  • Desire to teach others and be a team player
  • Adaptability to changing priorities and complexity
  • Ability to learn and unlearn technologies quickly; comfortable in uncharted waters
  • Long-term thinking with a focus on sustainable, future-oriented solutions
  • High personal and team performance standards; ethical behavior and trust-building
  • Initiative to shape their own path with a pragmatic, iterative approach to long-term goals
  • collaboration
  • curiosity
  • commitment
  • Jvm-based languages (Java/Kotlin)
  • cloud-native, multi-cloud environments
  • open-source technologies where appropriate

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Posted: September 30th, 2026