What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer II- Front end/DevOps position at JPMorgan Chase?
You’re ready to gain the skills and experience needed to grow within your role and advance your career — and we have the perfect software engineering opportunity for you.
As a Software Engineer II at JPMorganChase within the Consumer & Community Banking, you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components of the firm’s state-of-the-art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.
Job responsibilities
• Executes standard software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting
• Writes secure and high-quality code using the syntax of at least one programming language with limited guidance
• Designs, develops, codes, and troubleshoots with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain to improve the value realized by automation
• Assists in identifying issues and patterns in data to help improve coding practices and system design.
• Participates in software engineering communities and team events to learn about new technologies.
• Supports a team environment that values diversity, inclusion, and respect.
• Helps with the design, development, and maintenance of user-facing platform UI/UX features (portals, dashboards, workflows) that support a GraphQL Federation Platform, under guidance from senior engineers.
• Contributes to building and integrating supporting backend components needed by the platform UI (e.g., BFFs, authentication/authorization integration, configuration services, and audit/telemetry endpoints).
• Supports automation of CI/CD pipelines to improve developer workflows and release reliability.
• Assists in developing self-service capabilities for developers to onboard, discover APIs, manage access, and operate within the GraphQL Federation Platform.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
• 1 years of professional experience in software engineering or a related field.
• Basic experience building UI features using modern web fundamentals (HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Exposure to at least one modern front-end framework (e.g., React, Angular, or Vue).
• Experience consuming APIs using GraphQL and/or REST, including understanding of schema-driven development and client-side query patterns.
• Basic experience with scripting and automation using Bash, Groovy, or similar languages.
•Experience with containerization technologies like Docker; and exposure to orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Experience with CI/CD tools
• Familiarity with version control systems (such as Git or Bitbucket) and at least one monitoring tool (e.g., Splunk, DataDog, Dynatrace, or CloudWatch).
• Attention to detail in documenting processes and developing runbooks.
• Good communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
• Experience working with cloud environments (AWS preferred) is a plus.
• Experience with at least one programming language, preferably Java or Python.
• Experience developing and deploying full stack applications, including building UI components and integrating with backend services.
• Familiarity with GraphQL Federation platform concepts from a consumer/integrator perspective (e.g., composed schema, entities, gateway/routing, and observability).
• Experience with front-end performance, accessibility, and design systems (e.g., component libraries, theming, and reusable UX patterns).