KDB Software Engineer III

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Software Engineer III to join the Equities Trading Data & Analytics team. You will contribute as a core technical member delivering secure, scalable technology while migrating to AWS and rearchitecting applications.

You will work on real-time and historical Options data using KDB and collaborate across teams to build trusted market-leading solutions. Strong SDLC and CI/CD skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and stability.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Understanding of SDLC and agile methodologies (CI/CD, security).
• Experience with KDB, Q language, and large datasets performance.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and technical troubleshooting for complex problems.
• Develops secure high-quality production code and reviews peers' code.
• Develop core KDB-based systems and real-time processing solutions.
• Partner with stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver solutions.
• Collaborate with application support to maintain the platform.

Skills

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Software engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

KDB

Q language

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Python/Java/C/C++

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Software Engineer lll at JPMorgan Chase within the Equities Trading Data \& Analytics Organization,you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

Working within the Data Analytics team you will be are responsible for applications that store large amounts of Options data using KDB technology for real-time and historical access. This is an exciting time as we migrate to AWS and re-architect our applications.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Develop core systems and frameworks based on KDB.
• Develop scalable real-time processing solutions using agile methodology.
• Partner with stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver solutions.
• Partner with the application support teams to maintain and support the platform.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Understanding of KDB technology and Q language. At least 2 years of professional experience using KDB.
• Understanding of KDB+ tick design and data organization, performance implications of different approaches.
• Practical experience developing/running large datasets and optimizing query performance.
• Practical experience building resilient and high-availability KDB applications.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in Terraform and Kubernetes from managing a Production Plant in Public Cloud.
• AWS Experience.
• Experience other languages e.g. Python/C/C++/Java.
• Experience with market data venue and vendor data platforms.

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

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.