Location: Tokyo-To, Japan

Kick-start your software engineering career as an entry-level Software Engineer I. Be part of a team that is pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

As a Software Engineer I at JPMorganChase within the Japan Payments Technology team , you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components to the firms state-of-the-art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an entry-level member of a software engineering team, you execute basic software solutions through the design, development, and troubleshooting of a single technical area within a business function, while gaining skills and experience to grow within your role.

Job responsibilities

• Executes basic software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting
• Writes secure and high-quality code using the syntax of at least one programming language with peer guidance
• Interprets architecture and design representations as well as nonfunctional requirements to develop secure, stable software against a defined architecture
• Actively applies automation to reduce manual toil in the Software Development Life Cycle
• Addresses basic code quality issues
• Gathers, analyzes, and synthesizes basic data sets in service of technical troubleshooting and generating insights to drive continuous improvements
• Breaks down routine technical tasks to troubleshoot and solve issues
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Educational certification on software engineering and/or 3+ years of working experience as Software Engineer
• Strong proficiency in English and Japanese (written and spoken). 
• Baseline knowledge of software, applications and technical processes within a given technical discipline (e.g., cloud, vibe / agentic coding, etc.)
• Ability to work in large, collaborative teams to achieve organizational goals, with a passion to build an inclusive and innovative culture
• Demonstrable ability to code in one or more languages
• Understanding of software skills such as business analysis, development, maintenance, and software improvement
• Proficiency in developmental toolsets
• Basic knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices 

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies and experience as a full-stack developer.
• Ability to multitask and quickly respond to critical issues and changes in requirements.
• Ability to lead system implementation projects with multinational colleagues.
• Proactively seeks out tasks and challenges, and takes action to solve them independently.
• Experience in Java, Oracle Database, Spring, HTML, React, Jenkins, Cloud, MQ, and Kafka-based development.
• Experience working in the transaction banking industry or securities industry, especially in core banking or payments.
• Experience working in the clearing related domain, especially with Zengin, BOJ-NET, Togo ATM, ANSER, eBAgent, PayEasy, COTRA etc.
• Experience in incident remediations for real-time payment applications or external clients.
• Experience in organizing work processes, automating tasks, and developing with AI.

Join Japan Payments Technology team that designs and delivers market-leading technology products in a secure and scalable way to contribute to business growth