Software Engineer III - Java

Location: GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, United Kingdom

Are you passionate about building secure, next-generation technology that protects people and institutions at scale? Join a team of innovators at JPMorganChase where your engineering expertise directly shapes how millions of customers and institutions authenticate and access critical financial services. Here, you'll work on mission-critical identity and access management solutions that sit at the intersection of security, innovation, and customer experience — with the resources and global reach to make a real impact.

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank Identity Engineering team, you will design, build, and modernize authentication and authorization platforms that serve some of the world's most important corporations, governments, and institutions. You'll collaborate with a global network of technologists to deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality solutions across channels and domains. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge authentication technologies while contributing to a firm entrusted with holding trillions in assets across more than 100 countries

 

Job responsibilities

• Design and develop secure authentication and authorization solutions across customer-facing channels and enterprise platforms
• Modernize identity and access management systems, including authentication and authorization frameworks aligned to open standards
• Evaluate and prototype internal and vendor solutions for user authentication, including anti-fraud and biometric capabilities
• Integrate APIs and SDKs for both niche authentication solutions and open standards such as OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and SAML
• Collaborate with cross-functional and globally distributed engineering teams to deliver high-quality, business-valued outcomes
• Drive quality and efficiency across the software development lifecycle through strong engineering practices and code standards
• Contribute to technical direction by setting and modeling high standards for design, development, and testing
• Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automations 

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient applied experience
• Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages, with strong preference for Java
• Experience with application and data architecture principles, including design patterns and business process integration
• Familiarity with cloud-native development on platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Ability to work collaboratively across local and global teams, building relationships to achieve shared goals
• Flexibility to work across multiple technology stacks and application environments
• Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, testing, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate and validate AI-generated outputs
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with modern authentication protocols and standards such as OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SAML, or federated identity solutions
• Exposure to anti-fraud technologies or biometric authentication integrations within customer-facing applications
• Experience working in regulated financial services or similarly complex enterprise environments
• Familiarity with identity and access management platforms or vendor solutions
• Knowledge of API security best practices and SDK integration patterns

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

About the Organization

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. As a Software Engineer, your mission is to be part of a team of innovators and technologists creating the next generation Identity and access management solution. Your technical expertise and passion for design, analytics, development, coding, and testing will help the team deliver business valued outcomes in a secure, robust and first-class way.