Senior Lead Software Engineer - Python / Credit Technology Data

J.P. MORGAN-1; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial services firm as a Senior Lead Software Engineer, driving innovation in our Credit Technology team. You'll develop scalable data solutions and lead cross-functional teams, leveraging your expertise in software engineering and financial markets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years applied experience in software engineering.
• Expertise in front office technology and financial data landscape.

Responsibilities

• Develop data solutions for Credit Securities, Derivatives, and Exotics.
• Introduce new technologies to increase operational stability.

Skills

Python

Problem Solving

Creativity

Education

Computer Science

Computer Engineering

Mathematics

Tools

Oracle

Postgres

KDB+

Vertica

AWS

Job description

Job Description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank's Credit Technology team, you will lead a technical area and drive impact within teams, technologies, and projects across departments. Utilize your in-depth knowledge of software, applications, technical processes, and product management to drive multiple complex projects and initiatives, while serving as a primary decision maker for your teams and be a driver of innovation and solution delivery.

The successful candidate will focus on the development of our strategic data platform and partner closely with our business stakeholders, quantitative research partners, and broader technology team. The team is responsible for developing our data platform and integrating data solutions with our trading platform used across our global Credit Trading business. You will be driving development of software components for the firm's state-of-the-art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way.

Job responsibilities

1. Develop data solutions across both real-time and end-of-day business needs for Credit Securities, Derivatives, and Exotics products.
2. Develop innovative software solutions to deliver scalable and reliable front-office data services.
3. Accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and measures of success such as cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations.
4. Introduce new technologies and solutions to increase operational stability and productivity.
5. Influence peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams.
6. Design and develop with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications.
7. Learns and applies system processes, methodologies, and skills for the development of secure and stable systems.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

1. Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
2. Expert applied experience in front-office technology and the financial data landscape.
3. Strong understanding of Python and object-oriented concepts.
4. Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists.
5. Hands-on practical experience in system design, data engineering, application development, and operational stability.
6. Creative, quick-thinking, pragmatic, with an aptitude for solving problems with technology and an ability to quickly translate requirements into a sound technical design and implementation.
7. Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
8. Understanding of Credit or similar financial markets products.
9. Experience with one or more database technologies: RDBMS (e.g., Oracle, Postgres), Time-series Databases (e.g., KDB+, Vertica).
10. Experience in AWS solutions and services is beneficial.