Lead Software Engineer - Python

JPMorgan Chase; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level. A good knowledge of Investment Banking and Markets is highly desirable but a thirst for knowledge and the knack to apply that knowledge is just as good to us.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Banking's Athena Trade Risk & Services team, you will build the next generation of trade structuring tools and components needed by teams across Markets and used globally by our trading desks and support teams. You will work closely with our Athena Trade Risk & Services function, as a member of a highly skilled, agile development team. There will be a high degree of teamwork and technical peer interaction involved.

Job responsibilities

• Write awesome, high quality Backend Python code following the principles of SOLID, YAGNI, KISS and TDD.
• Participate in requirements meetings with our users and propose technical solutions
• Evangelize and seek new opportunities for our product to be used by other development teams not already using the platform.
• Complete full lifecycle development projects as well as post-production maintenance and enhancements
• Support other development teams using our components by answering questions, researching system issues, identifying root causes, and resolving problems

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Strong technology background with experience in object-oriented programming, test driven development viz Python.
• Experience in building and debugging application build on distributed computing architecture.
• Good understanding of event based architecture.
• Strong Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and able to work effectively in a global team.
• Self-starter and willing to work in a dynamic environment with constantly evolving priorities.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with SecDB / Athena / Quartz platform.
• Experience working in large mono-repo codebases, where code often rolls out to production within minutes
• Familiarity with Investment Banking, FinTech or Financial Markets
• Knowledge of GraphQL is good to have.
• Tech Lead experience will be useful

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.