Chase · 13 hours ago
Backend Software Engineer III - API Platform
2100 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, 94306, US
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$133K/yr - $185K/yr
3+ years expJPMorgan Chase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers and businesses. As a Backend Software Engineer III, you will design, build, and enhance the API Platform, focusing on data engineering and delivering impactful outcomes through collaboration with various stakeholders.
FinanceBankingFinancial Services
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
Qualification
Required
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 expertise in one or more technical domains (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile)
Ability to independently resolve design and functionality issues with minimal supervision
Practical experience with cloud native technologies
Academic background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline
Preferred
Experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines using technologies such as AWS, Apache Spark, and Databricks
Familiarity with data warehouse solutions like Amazon Redshift and Snowflake
Hands-on experience developing robust ETL pipelines
Proficiency in both SQL and NoSQL databases
Experience with workflow orchestration platforms such as Apache Airflow
Data visualization skills, including developing reports and dashboards with tools like Tableau
Experience architecting highly scalable and resilient software systems on public cloud platforms such as AWS, applying various resiliency design principles and practices
Benefits
Comprehensive health care coverage
On-site health and wellness centers
A retirement savings plan
Backup childcare
Tuition reimbursement
Mental health support
Financial coaching
Company
Chase
Chase provides broad range of financial services. It is a sub-organization of JP Morgan Chase.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Mike McDonnell
Managing Director, Head of Chase Travel Platform Product
Nicole Sanchez
Managing Director, Consumer Bank, GM and Product Executive, Growth Financial Products
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