SQL Software Engineer II

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Glasgow

1 year ago

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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 SQL Software Engineer II at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Risk Technology, 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 Applies technical troubleshooting to break down solutions and solve technical problems of basic complexity Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems Learns and applies system processes, methodologies, and skills for the development of secure, stable code and systems Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect Participate in regular standups and code reviews

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience with SQL (Advanced), ETL - Informatica & PL/SQL programming. Understanding of big data technologies and concepts. Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability. Working knowledge of Shell scripting. Experience in resolving the data processing performance issues through improvements. Experience in projects with large data volumes, batch processing. Proficient in coding in one or more languages Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Applicant Resiliency, and Security, Jules, Jenkins, Git/Stash Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile,

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Knowledge with Databricks, Cloudera Hadoop, Spark, HDFS, HBase, Hive, Python Programming, AWS technologies or Terraform

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