Senior Python Engineer - Equities Risk & Athena Platform

Testing Site - JPMC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in London seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join the Equities LOB and drive secure, scalable software delivery across multiple business functions. You will craft robust solutions, lead technical design reviews, and collaborate with front-office users to translate requirements into delivery plans.

You will own the full software lifecycle, mentor teams, and push for best practices in testing, code review, and operability while leveraging cloud native platforms and Athena

Qualifications

• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s).
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, AI, ML, mobile).
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.
• Practical cloud native experience.
• Professional Python experience with proven track record of high quality successful delivery.
• Proven wide ranging technical experience demonstrating a genuine interest in technical products and problem solving.
• Knowledge of the products traded in capital markets, business processes and applications underpinning them.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to integrate into a cross region team.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.
• Develop robust, performant software products and APIs, and enrich existing applications using the Athena Platform.
• Work directly with line of business users to gather requirements, understand business context and translate this into a set of work items for delivery.
• Be responsible for the entire software development lifecycle: requirement gathering, design, implementation, testing, and handover to line of business teams.
• Enhance the team by demonstrating best practice throughout the software development lifecycle: testing, code review, accurate status reporting, focus on application resilience and “operability”.

Skills

System design

Application development

Automation & CD

SDLC

CI/CD

Cloud native

Python

Java

C++

Capital markets knowledge

Communication

Tools

Java

C++

Job description

JPMorgan Chase in London seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join the Equities LOB and drive secure, scalable software delivery across multiple business functions. You will craft robust solutions, lead technical design reviews, and collaborate with front-office users to translate requirements into delivery plans.

You will own the full software lifecycle, mentor teams, and push for best practices in testing, code review, and operability while leveraging cloud native platforms and Athena