Python Software Engineer II

J.P. MORGAN; Scotland; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial services firm as a Python Software Engineer II, where you will enhance and deliver software components in a secure and scalable manner. Collaborate within an agile team to develop innovative solutions that support various corporate functions. Ideal candidates will have strong coding skills in Python and experience in system design, application development, and agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Experience with ETL and processing real-time data.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions and technical troubleshooting.
• Writes secure and high-quality code in Python.
• Analyzes large data sets to identify problems.

Skills

Python

Pyspark

Data Manipulation

Agile Methodologies

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

NUMPY

PANDAS

SQL

Oracle

Databricks

Job description

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 Python Software Engineer II at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology - Client Onboarding Team, 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, and draws conclusions from large, diverse data sets to identify problems and contribute to decision-making in service of secure, stable application development
• 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

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability, particularly data pipelines for moving/transforming data.
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages Python, Pyspark.

• Demonstrable experience with Python and associated data manipulation libraries (NUMPY, PANDAS)
• Experience in PySpark, particularly Analysis, Building and Tuning Pipelines, Feature Engineering
• Working experience in NoSQL databases or SQL (e.g., joins, aggregations, tuning)
• Experience with ETL and processing real-time data

• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages such as Oracle
• Experience across the whole Software Development Life Cycle
• Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Emerging knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with Databricks
• Exposure to cloud technologies

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

Our Corporate Technology team relies on smart, driven people like you to develop applications and provide tech support for all our corporate functions across our network. Your efforts will touch lives all over the financial spectrum and across all our divisions: Global Finance, Corporate Treasury, Risk Management, Human Resources, Compliance, Legal, and within the Corporate Administrative Office. You’ll be part of a team specifically built to meet and exceed our evolving technology needs, as well as our technology controls agenda.