Python Software Engineer — Financial Valuation & Risk Systems

JPMorgan Chase; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VCGTech is seeking a Python Software Engineer to design and deliver robust financial control systems supporting the Independent Revaluation Infrastructure System (IRIS). You will collaborate with asset class and platform teams to build scalable, secure pricing and valuation workflows that affect balance sheet integrity.

You will implement Python-based solutions, ensure rigorous tests, and contribute to AI tooling and LLM-assisted code development while maintaining best security practices across

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python, object oriented programming, context managers, generators, and functional programming pattern.
• Experience with test-driven or test-heavy development, including unit, integration, and regression testing.
• Understanding of security best practices, including input validation and vulnerability remediation.
• Experience with agentic AI and prompt engineering, including LLM-based code development.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Python applications within a large mono-repo using proprietary workflows
• Implement independent price verification and valuation adjustment workflows across asset classes
• Develop consensus pricing solutions integrating with external market data providers
• Configure distributed compute, job scheduling, analytics integrations, and cloud storage pipelines
• Write and maintain comprehensive unit, baseline, and parameterized tests
• Investigate and remediate security vulnerabilities; support audit remediation efforts
• Operate with a dry-run-first, confirm-before-modify, audit-everything approach on production systems
• Design and maintain AI developer tooling, including prompt engineering and LLM-assisted code generation

Skills

Python

OO programming

Context managers

Generators

Functional programming

Test-driven development

Security best practices

AI & prompt engineering

Job description

VCGTech is seeking a Python Software Engineer to design and deliver robust financial control systems supporting the Independent Revaluation Infrastructure System (IRIS). You will collaborate with asset class and platform teams to build scalable, secure pricing and valuation workflows that affect balance sheet integrity.

You will implement Python-based solutions, ensure rigorous tests, and contribute to AI tooling and LLM-assisted code development while maintaining best security practices across