Software Engineer II - FICC eTrading - Java

Figg, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in London seeks a Software Engineer II to design, build, and improve secure, scalable technologies for electronic trading systems. You will join an agile team, contribute to architecture, and deliver high-quality software across components within a product or system.

You will write robust code, apply secure engineering practices, and learn through collaboration and continuous improvement. The role emphasizes on-call readiness and enterprise tooling integration.

Qualifications

• Strong OOP and design patterns understanding.
• Proven Java and Spring development experience.
• Experience across system design, application development, testing, and production support.
• Experience with FIX protocol.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deliver software for electronic trading systems from requirements through production rollout.
• Contribute to architecture decisions for secure, scalable, and resilient solutions.
• Build and maintain low-latency, high-throughput services focusing on performance and reliability.
• Integrate services with internal and external systems with robust interfaces and error handling.
• Own production outcomes via on-call support, incident triage, and root-cause analysis.

Skills

OOP & design patterns

Java

Spring

System design

Testing & CI/CD

Production support

FIX protocol

Tools

FIX protocol

Job description

Put your engineering skills to work on products that matter. You will collaborate with an agile team to design, build, and improve secure, scalable technology. This role is built for growth, giving you hands-on experience across the software development life cycle while strengthening your development and troubleshooting skills. You will learn from peers, use modern tooling, and contribute to high-quality delivery. If you enjoy solving problems and continuously improving how software is built, this is a strong next step.

As a Software Engineer II at JPMorgan Chase within the FICC eTrading tech team, you will design, develop, and troubleshoot software components that support secure, stable, and scalable technology products. You will contribute as an emerging member of an agile team, delivering software solutions across multiple components within a product, application, or system. You will write high-quality code, apply secure engineering practices, and learn through collaboration, feedback, and continuous improvement. You will consider upstream and downstream impacts as you build and enhance solutions. You will also use enterprise-authorized tooling to improve productivity while validating outputs through testing and peer review.

Job responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deliver high-quality software solutions for electronic trading systems, from requirements through production rollout
• Contribute to architecture decisions, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and resilient
• Build and maintain low-latency, high-throughput services with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and correctness
• Integrate services with internal and external systems, ensuring well-defined interfaces, robust error handling, and operational readiness
• Own production outcomes by participating in on-call/support, triaging incidents, performing root-cause analysis, and driving permanent fixes
• Improve engineering standards through code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and continuous refactoring to strengthen system health
• Contribute to an inclusive team culture and actively engage in communities of practice to evaluate and adopt relevant emerging technologies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong OOP/design patterns understanding and clean code practices
• Strong coding skills in Java and Spring with solid fundamentals
• Proven, hands-on experience across system design, application development, testing, and production support
• Experience with FIX protocol

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Knowledge of fixed income products
• Exposure to agentic AI