Python Associate - Emerging Market Securities Trade Management

J.P. MORGAN; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services leader is seeking a Software Engineer II to enhance and deliver technology products. The successful candidate will be responsible for coding, debugging, and collaborating with various teams to deliver critical business solutions. Candidates should have a minimum of 2 years of experience in software engineering and be familiar with agile methodologies. This position is located in London and offers a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• 2 years+ experience in Software Engineering.
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience in developing and maintaining code in a large corporate environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with Trading, Middle Office, Controllers, and Quantitative Researchers.
• Write secure and high-quality code using one or more programming languages.
• Gather, analyze, and draw conclusions from large data sets.

Skills

Software Engineering

System Design

Application Development

Debugging

Agile Methodologies

Tools

Programming Languages

Database Querying Languages

Cloud Technologies

Job description

Overview

Advance your career as a Software Engineer II, enhancing and delivering state-of-the-art technology products at JPMorgan Chase. You're ready to gain the skills and experience needed to grow within your role and advance your career — and we have the perfect software engineering opportunity for you. As a Software Engineer II at JPMorgan Chase within the Emerging Market Securities Trade Management business, you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components of the firm's state-of-the-art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.

Job Responsibilities

• Closely work with Trading, Middle Office, Controllers, Quantitative Researchers in delivering critical business solutions.
• Execute standard software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting.
• Write secure and high-quality code using the syntax of at least one programming language with limited guidance.
• Design, develop, code, and troubleshoot with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications.
• Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain to improve the value realized by automation.
• Apply technical troubleshooting to break down solutions and solve technical problems of basic complexity.
• Gather, analyze, and draw conclusions from large, diverse data sets to identify problems and contribute to decision-making in service of secure, stable application development.
• Learn and apply system processes, methodologies, and skills for the development of secure, stable code and systems.
• Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• 2 years+ experience in Software Engineering.
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages.
• Demonstrable ability to code in one or more languages.
• Experience across the whole Software Development Life Cycle.
• Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Emerging knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Familiarity with trading technologies and workflows.
• Exposure to cloud technologies.

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.