JOB DESCRIPTION
Behind every investment is a person with ambitions, motivations and values. While we know that every client is unique, they come to J.P. Morgan Personal Investing for the same reason: our straightforward and transparent approach to investing, and the trust that 150 years of J.P. Morgan heritage brings.
J.P. Morgan Personal Investing offers award-winning investments, products and digital wealth management services to over 275,000 investors in the UK. We built the business with innovation as a core part of our ethos to give consumers the confidence and clarity to make informed investment decisions and achieve their financial goals.
As an engineer at J.P. Morgan Personal Investing, you will be part of a team with great ambitions. We aim to build a top-in-market suite of mobile and web apps to provide the best investment experience for our clients.
Our team is at the heart of this venture, focused on getting smart ideas into the hands of our customers. We're looking for people who have a curious mindset, thrive in collaborative squads, and are passionate about building quality software that has a big impact in a rapidly changing environment. By their nature, our people are also solution-oriented, commercially savvy and have a head for fintech. We work in tribes and squads that focus on specific products and projects.
Job Responsibilities:
Work with the Product team to understand user’s needs and follow an Agile SDLC to develop and deliver product features to the JPM Invest Web app.
Take ownership of tasks from the estimation stage right through until the release stage and post production
Identify, troubleshoot and resolve existing or newly-identified prioritised defects
Write tests for all code you deliver and adhere to best practices/standards, ensuring high-quality code
Participate in code reviews, ensuring high code quality and continuous development and learning for yourself and your colleagues
Be someone who enjoys knowledge sharing, who is keen to attend and participate in some of the many skill share sessions we regularly hold in the Web team and across the wider Engineering department.
Propose/contribute/collaborate on Technical Initiatives - improving and evolving the existing codebase and toolset
Be keen to ensure that we focus on solving the essence of the problem rather than merely dealing with the symptoms
Consider Accessibility (WCAG), Security, Observability \& Performance as part of all owned applications/deliverables.
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
English working proficiency is a must, you will be working with the team in London
Proven track record of building and maintaining customer-centric web applications/SPAs.
Strong proficiency in React and its core principles
Solid grasp of Web fundamentals:
HTML5 (Semantics \& Structure)
CSS (Responsive Design, Specificity)
JavaScript ES6
General Networking (HTTP, IP \& DNS, Caching)
Experience with testing frameworks such as Jest, RTL, Cypress or Playwright
Understanding of build tools such as Webpack, Vite, Parcel.
Understanding of Pre-processors such as SASS, CSS Modules, JS Compilation.
Understanding of CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins and Github Actions.
Experience with monitoring and alerting in order to maintain a production application
Good understanding of REST and what it means to work with APIs
Good communication skills, you can work well within a delivery team and manage interactions with other parts of the organisation, such as Product and Operations
Curious about new ways of working and open to different approaches and ideas.
A passion for self-development and learning who keeps up to date with the latest Web/React trends and technologies.
Proactive and willing to help others put forward ideas
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills- nice to haves
Experience with Typescript, GraphQL or AWS
Knowledge of other JavaScript frameworks like Angular, Vue, Next.js, Gatsby.
Experience with feature flagging/AB testing
Experience with Design systems (UI Development, White-labelling)
Experience in the FinTech sector
Show us your Github/Stack Overflow/app portfolio!
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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.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
ABOUT THE TEAM
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