Software Engineer III - Full Stack - React/Typescript/Python

J.P. Morgan; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Software Engineer III to join their Rates Marking and Pricing team in London. The role involves developing critical applications, maintaining high standards of code quality, and engaging with various stakeholders to enhance trading capabilities. Ideal candidates are skilled in Python and have experience in financial services.

Qualifications

• Experience developing user interfaces and server back-ends.
• Familiarity with interest rate derivative products.
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain business critical marking and pricing toolset.
• Support applications in response to trading desk requests.
• Migrate legacy tooling to current platform.

Skills

Python programming

System design

Application development

Operational stability

Agile methodologies

Tools

React

TypeScript

Excel

Job description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the Rates Marking and Pricing team, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. This is a great opportunity to work closely with the trading desk and develop business critical applications that directly enhance the desk's revenue-generating capabilities.

Job responsibilities

• Works closely with the Linear Rates trading desk to develop and maintain their business critical marking and pricing toolset.
• Provides direct support for applications in response to trading desk requests.
• Migrates legacy tooling to the current platform in a continuous cycle of uplift.
• Produces secure, high-quality production code and ensures algorithms operate seamlessly with existing systems.
• Builds relationships across Quantitative Research and the wider Technology team to deliver the best solutions.
• Participates in software engineering communities and events, exploring and promoting new and emerging technologies.
• Fosters a team culture that values diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Proficient in Python programming, with front to back experience of building user interfaces and server back-ends
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Familiarity with interest rate derivative products and yield curve construction
• Ability and confidence to interact with trading desk, quant research and technology stakeholders to develop strategic solutions
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies including React/TypeScript and Python/ENAML
• Experience working in a financial services or trading environment
• Understanding of interest rate yield curves and their construction
• Proficiency in Excel with exposure to developing trading desk tools and using derivative analytics toolkits