Front-Office Python Engineer - Commodities (Athena)

Next Frontier Capital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking an Athena/Python Front Office Software Engineer to join an agile team delivering trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, scalable environment.

You will collaborate with Precious Metals/Agriculture Trading, Quantitative Research and Sales to design, develop, and maintain trading applications, driving production stability and security while advancing next-generation solutions.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient advanced experience.
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Math, or equivalent training and relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with Precious Metals/Agriculture Trading, Quantitative Research, Sales, Middle Office, and other technology teams to gather requirements and deliver reliable and impactful solutions
• Designs, develops and maintains trading applications and systems used by Front Office
• Troubleshoots production issues efficiently in a time-sensitive environment
• Continuously improves code quality, performance and system resilience by developing secure and high-quality production code, and reviewing and debugging code written by others
• Collaborates with global technology teams seamlessly and work in an agile manner
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Skills

Python

Java

Agile methods

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Math

Tools

CI/CD

Cloud

AWS

Job description

J.P. Morgan is seeking an Athena/Python Front Office Software Engineer to join an agile team delivering trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, scalable environment.

You will collaborate with Precious Metals/Agriculture Trading, Quantitative Research and Sales to design, develop, and maintain trading applications, driving production stability and security while advancing next-generation solutions.