Senior Lead Software Engineer - Equities Trading Tech

JPMorganChase; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm in Greater London is seeking a Sr Lead Software Engineer to enhance technology products within the Equities Electronic Trading team. The successful candidate will build and support robust data pipelines and research infrastructure, collaborate with trading teams, and require substantial expertise in software applications like Python and KDB/Q. This role is pivotal for designing tools vital for quantitative research, emphasizing strong problem-solving abilities and independence in work.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Advanced knowledge in software applications and processes.
• Ability to work independently on functionality problems.

Responsibilities

• Build and support reliable data pipelines for trading systems.
• Work with trading teams to onboard new datasets.
• Design and support research infrastructure for trading.

Skills

Python

Data pipelines

Quantitative research

Financial services IT systems

Machine learning

Education

Academic experience in Computer Science

Computer Engineering

Mathematics

Tools

KDB/Q

Java

C++

Job description

A global financial services firm in Greater London is seeking a Sr Lead Software Engineer to enhance technology products within the Equities Electronic Trading team. The successful candidate will build and support robust data pipelines and research infrastructure, collaborate with trading teams, and require substantial expertise in software applications like Python and KDB/Q. This role is pivotal for designing tools vital for quantitative research, emphasizing strong problem-solving abilities and independence in work.