Software Engineer III - Asset Management Technology

About the role

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorganChase Asset Wealth Management, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Working within the global Fund Admin & Transfer Agency tech organization, you will take ownership of technical delivery end-to-end while actively engaging with stakeholders to translate business needs into well-planned, high-quality software solutions. This role demands a self-starter who thrives in a collaborative environment, can manage competing priorities, and drives engineering excellence across the team.

Responsibilities

• Execute the build-out of strategic end-to-end platform capabilities for Fund Administration and Transfer Agency businesses.
• Design, develop, and deliver full stack software solutions, applying strong problem-solving skills to break down complex technical challenges.
• Engage directly with stakeholders and product owners to gather requirements, clarify scope, and ensure technical solutions align with business objectives.
• Participate in development planning activities including backlog refinement, sprint planning, effort estimation, and technical roadmap definition.
• Adopt enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted coding pipelines, code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while following consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review peers' work to maintain consistency, reliability, and adherence to engineering standards.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve the overall operational stability of applications and systems.
• Maintain clear and organized documentation including technical designs, architecture decisions, and runbooks, ensuring knowledge is shared and accessible.
• Participate in communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and adoption of modern tooling, patterns, and best practices.
• Build event-driven systems and distributed architectures using messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka.
• Integrate operational and investment data platforms through APIs, event streams, and data pipelines.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years of applied experience.
• Core Java and full-stack application development, object-oriented analysis and design techniques, experience with REST APIs.
• Hands-on practical experience across the full Software Development Life Cycle, including system design, application development, testing, CI/CD pipelines, and operational support.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating business requirements into actionable technical plans (e.g., working collaboratively in agile teams and participating in Scrum ceremonies, stand-ups, retrospectives, sprint planning).
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages.
• Experience in writing and maintaining comprehensive unit, functional, and integration tests.
• Experience implementing observability practices including monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, and SLO/SLA management.
• Leverage enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity, while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards; contribute learnings and reusable patterns to improve broader team effectiveness.
• Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies, e.g., React.
• Hands-on exposure to AWS cloud services and ecosystems.
• AWS Certified (e.g., Solutions Architect, Developer, etc.).
• Financial Services experience.
• Working knowledge of Fund Administration, Fund Accounting, Transfer Agency, Custody, Investment Operations, or Asset Management platforms.

Benefits

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of 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.