Lead Software Engineer - Python, AWS

JPMorganChase; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial services firm as a Lead Software Engineer specializing in Python and AWS. You will play a crucial role in delivering technology solutions within the Commercial and Investment Banking sector, focusing on risk management and operational stability. This position offers an opportunity to work in an agile environment, mentoring junior staff and engaging with cutting-edge technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a corporate environment.
• Formal training or certification in system design and application development.
• Strong Python experience, especially in trade or risk management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and supervise junior resources across regions.
• Create secure and high-quality production code.
• Identify hidden problems in data and drive improvements.

Skills

Python

AWS

Agile Methodologies

Data Management

Education

BS/BA degree or equivalent experience

Tools

AWS/S3

Snowflake

Databricks

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We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

Job Description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Banking “Markets Portfolio Management group”, you serve as an experienced 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.

The Markets Portfolio Management (MPM) group has been created to actively manage the risks, costs and associated size constraints of JPMC retained markets portfolio in an active and connected manner. It supports the strategic agenda of our Markets franchise through a coordinated approach to pricing and management of financial resources.

As a member of our Software Engineering Group, we look first and foremost for people who are passionate around solving business problems through innovation and engineering practices. You'll be required to apply your depth of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, as well as partner continuously with your many stakeholders on a daily basis to stay focused on common goals. We embrace a culture of experimentation and constantly strive for improvement and learning. You’ll work in a collaborative, trusting, thought-provoking environment—one that encourages diversity of thought and creative solutions that are in the best interests of our customers globally.

Job Responsibilities

• Act as a Senior member of the team be willing to be business facing and handle time critical demands of Front-office/trading users.
• Mentor and supervise junior resources in different regions.
• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Gathers, analyses, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Engage with new and emerging Platform as a Service technologies to deliver first class tooling to MPM users
• Provide L3 support to end users during critical periods of regulatory reporting across different regimes
  
  

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Formal training or certification on system design, application development, testing, and operational stability concepts and proficient advanced experience
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages - Python
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle along with advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Interest in developing industry trends, especially around data management platforms
• Previous experience supporting at least one Capital Markets Line of Business
• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
  
  

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Strong Python experience, especially in the context of large trade or risk management platforms
• Previous experience using AWS/S3 or other services
• Familiarity with Snowflake/ Databricks or other PAAS offerings
• Prior experience in leveraging AWS and data warehouses is a plus.
  
  

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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