Software Engineer III

Fairygodboss; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Glasgow is looking for a Software Engineer III to join their Market Risk Technology team. In this role, you will design and deliver technology products while collaborating with various teams to improve software solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Python, Generative AI, and system architecture. This position offers an inclusive work environment and opportunities to drive improvements in coding hygiene and technology processes.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience executing software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on practical experience in system design and application development.
• Familiarity with Banking/Finance/Risk domains is preferred.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, automated testing, and operational stability.
• Experience communicating to business facing customers and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Interface closely with business and technology teams across the firm.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications.
• Contribute to software engineering communities and explore emerging technologies.
• Identify hidden problems in data and drive improvements.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for applications.
• Contribute to software engineering communities.

Skills

Software Development Life Cycle

Python

Generative AI

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

AWS

Docker

Job description

Market Risk Technology is responsible for providing JP Morgan's Risk Managers with the capability to assess the financial impact of various adverse market scenarios at a firm wide level. This capability covers calculations, scenario analysis, analytics, reporting and other tools and processes required to manage risk. Our team are responsible for developing Agentic AI based solutions, which help our users streamline their day-to-day roles.

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within Market Risk Technology, 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.

Job responsibilities:

• Interface closely with the business, quantitative research analysts, and upstream as well as downstream technology teams across the firm
• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Work in an Agile environment, always looking to improve
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, Opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Professional development experience with Python
• Familiarity with Generative AI, specifically LLM Orchestration and Agentic AI libraries
• Comprehensive knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, automated testing, and operational stability
• Experience communicating to business facing customers and technical teams

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Familiarity with Banking/Finance/Risk domains.
• Experience in designing and implementing pipelines using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g. AWS) & containerization technologies (e.g. Docker).

About us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

About the Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.