Front Office Software Engineer - Python (Commodities)

JPMorganChase; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in London is seeking an Athena/Python Front Office Software Engineer to join the Commodities Tech team within Commercial and Investment Bank. You will be part of an agile front-office technology group delivering market-leading products in a secure, scalable way.

The role emphasizes strong Python and Java capabilities, cloud familiarity, CI/CD, and collaboration with traders and researchers across global teams.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Math, or equivalent training and relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering design, development, testing, and operational stability.

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

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Linux

Job description

JPMorgan Chase in London is seeking an Athena/Python Front Office Software Engineer to join the Commodities Tech team within Commercial and Investment Bank. You will be part of an agile front-office technology group delivering market-leading products in a secure, scalable way.

The role emphasizes strong Python and Java capabilities, cloud familiarity, CI/CD, and collaboration with traders and researchers across global teams.