Electronic Trading and Risk Management Application Developer

J.P. MORGAN; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm in the Greater London area is seeking a passionate Software Engineer III. In this role, you'll design high-performance, secure applications within an agile team, focusing on modern solutions for trading businesses. Required skills include Java fundamentals, multi-threading, and experience with Linux. Join us to see the direct impact of your work on global trading operations and enjoy the opportunity for continuous technical growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise software development.
• Excellent understanding of Java fundamentals.
• Experience in building high-performance Java applications.
• Familiarity with the Linux operating system.
• Strong communication skills with globally distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance, latency-sensitive code.
• Write efficient, secure, high-quality code.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications.
• Identify opportunities to improve software stability and reliability.
• Support junior colleagues in their technical growth.

Skills

Java fundamentals and frameworks (Spring Boot)

Multi-threading

Messaging technologies

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Event driven architectures

Agile methods

Tools

JUnit

Mockito

Linux

Kafka

Job description

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the eTrading Fast Risk & Pricing Solutions team, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way.

You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

JPMorgan's eTrading Fast Risk & Pricing Solutions team is seeking a highly motivated Java engineer to join our global, diverse technology organization. We focus on providing modern solutions to support the Corporate & Investment Bank's trading businesses across a wide range of asset classes including government and corporate bonds, interest rate swaps, exchange traded funds and FX options. Our critical systems support front-office traders and automated algorithmic trading systems to make effective trading and hedging decisions to generate revenue and minimize the company's exposure to risk.

You will collaborate with colleagues to perform technical analysis of client requirements, participate in estimation, planning, code reviews, architecture design sessions and retrospectives. This role offers the opportunity to learn about risk and pricing from colleagues, stakeholders and extensive training resources. This exciting role provides you with the opportunity to see the direct impact of your contributions on the trading businesses and receive client feedback from around the globe. You must be a passionate and well-rounded technologist, eager to continuously learn and enhance your skills.

Job responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance, latency-sensitive code, incorporate security requirements and reviewing code written by team members using software engineering best practices
• Write efficient, secure, high-quality code and automated tests
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by code
• Identify opportunities to eliminate recurring issues to improve overall stability, resiliency and reliability of software applications and systems
• Collaborate effectively as part of a globally distributed team
• Support junior colleagues in their technical growth

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in enterprise software development
• Excellent understanding of Java fundamentals and frameworks (Spring Boot), OO programming paradigms, multi-threading, messaging technologies and computer networks
• Experience in building high-performance, latency-sensitive Java applications
• Experience in maintaining and troubleshooting software running in a Linux environment, familiarity with the Linux operating system and system utilities
• Experience with modern testing tools (JUnit, Mockito etc)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with experience working with globally distributed engineers and stakeholders
• Understanding of the full software development lifecycle and agile methods
• Hands-on experience with event driven architectures and distributed messaging technologies ( AMPS, Kafka )
• Energetic, determined, motivated, curious and able to work in a fast-paced environment whilst delivering high-quality work products

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with front-end technologies, like React and TypeScript
• Knowledge of JP Morgan's Athena trade management platform would be useful
• Experience working with cloud architectures and services

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.