JPMorganChase Software Engineering

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Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 5 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to JPMorganChase. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Talent Network Open

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 5 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to JPMorganChase. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete this job simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at JPMorganChase. Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced4-5 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsIntermediate

At JPMorganChase we’re one of the world’s biggest technology-driven companies. We spend $17 billion in technology, at unparalleled global scale and speed. Our technologists are passionate about solving pressing challenges and making an impact for our customers and clients, our firm and society at large.

Throughout the virtual experience, you'll work on tasks that will involve:

setting up a high-profile, high-stakes project
integrating Kafka into the project
integrating with an H2 database
integrating a Spring application with an external REST API
exposing a REST API in a Spring application

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Skills you will learn and practice:

Java Programming

Build Tools

Spring Framework

Message Queuing

SQL Database

Spring

REST API

How it works

Introduction from JPMorganChase

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Tasks in this program

Task One: Project Setup

30-60 mins

Intermediate

Set up your local development environment and get acquainted with the project codebase

What you'll learn

How Software Engineers build and configure backend systems used to process high-volume financial transactions.
How to set up a Java development environment using Java 17, Spring Boot, Maven, and an IDE that supports enterprise projects.
How to work with engineering requirements and prepare a project scaffold for future integration tasks.

What you'll do

Set up your local development environment by installing Java 17, forking and cloning the project repository, and opening it in your IDE.
Explore the existing project scaffold to understand how the Midas Core service is structured.
Add the required dependencies to your Spring Boot project and update configuration files.
Build and run the project, then verify your setup by running automated tests.

Reviews

Over 23150

5 Star Reviews

"The step‑by‑step tasks made complex backend work feel approachable. Seeing Kafka, H2, and REST all wired together in a tiny project was satisfying and educational."-- Student from GLA University

"I really enjoyed the Kafka integration part — understanding how a message queue decouples the frontend and backend was a great practical insight. Building the REST controller and connecting it with the database layer also gave me a clear picture of how real enterprise systems are structured. Overall, the simulation showed me how multiple technologi..."-- Student from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

"The simulation gave a great end-to-end experience of building a real microservices architecture — Kafka messaging, database persistence, external API integration, and REST endpoints all fit together naturally. It felt like actual JPMorgan engineering work rather than toy exercises."-- Student from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology

"The hands-on coding tasks were very practical. Building a real Kafka listener, H2 database integration, REST API, and external API integration gave me genuine experience with enterprise Java development."-- Student from Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology

"I really enjoyed how the simulation mirrored real-world backend engineering challenges. A few things stood out: Building incrementally — Each task built on the previous one, starting from consuming Kafka messages, to persisting transactions in a database, integrating an external incentive API, and finally exposing a REST endpoint. This felt like h..."-- Student from Graphic Era University

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