Backend Software Engineer III - API Platform

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Backend Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer & Community Banking API Marketplace team, you will play a pivotal role in designing, building, and enhancing the API Platform that empowers our API developers.

We seek engineers with a broad technical perspective and a passion for solving complex challenges using expertise across multiple disciplines.

In this role, you will manage end-to-end problem-solving, with a focus on data engineering, advocate for effective solutions across diverse technology stacks, and help promote significant business value for our customers through robust API offerings.

Job Responsibilities


* Applies discipline and creativity to address business-critical challenges, collaborating with tech leads, product managers, and designers to deliver impactful outcomes.


* Identifies and acts on opportunities to reduce technical debt, enhancing the quality of engineering outputs.


* Communicates effectively with stakeholders and confidently leads customer discussions.


* Writes secure, high-quality production code and reviews and debugs code developed by peers.


* Guides decisions affecting product design, application functionality, technical operations, and processes, offering leadership rooted in technical expertise and clear communication.


* Functions as a subject matter expert across one or more areas within the organization.


* Actively supports the engineering community by promoting firmwide frameworks, tools, and Software Development Life Cycle practices.


* Cultivates a team environment that values diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills


* Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts, with 3+ years of practical experience.


* Demonstrated hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and ensuring operational stability.


* Proficient in programming and application development using Java, Spring Boot, REST, Microservices, RDBMS and NoSQL databases, Cloud Native technologies, Agile methodologies, DevOps, and Test-Driven Development (TDD).


* Recent experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, including S3, Athena, Glue, and EMR, as well as container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.


* Strong practical skills in code instrumentation, with a thorough understanding of logging, metrics, and monitoring best practices.


* Prior experience with API Platforms, possessing deep expertise in one or more aspects of the API stack, including cloud connectivity, network diagnostics, resilient systems, API security, authentication/authorization, API gateways, and API design (specification, standards, documentation, governance).


* Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes, with significant expert...