Software Engineer III- Python 3

Fairygodboss; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Python Software Engineer to join the VCGTech team focused on financial control technology, including Independent Revaluation Infrastructure System (IRIS). You will design scalable, secure systems that support valuation, risk and regulatory compliance.

You will collaborate with asset class and platform teams to deliver robust Python applications, build data pipelines, and contribute to AI tooling and automation across the tech and finance functions.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python 3 with typing, context managers and functional patterns.
• Experience with test-driven or test-heavy development (unit/integration/regression).
• Ability to build multi-stage data processing pipelines (graph-based, batch, streaming).
• Understanding of security best practices, input validation and remediation of vulnerabilities.
• Experience with agentic AI and prompt engineering, including LLM-based workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Python applications within a large mono-repo using proprietary workflows.
• Build graph-based data pipelines for valuation adjustment calculations and risk analysis.
• Implement independent price verification and valuation workflows across asset classes.
• Develop consensus pricing solutions integrating with external market data providers.
• Configure distributed compute, job scheduling, analytics integrations and cloud storage pipelines.
• Write and maintain comprehensive unit, baseline and parameterized tests.
• Investigate and remediate security vulnerabilities; support audit remediation efforts.
• Operate with a dry-run-first, confirm-before-modify, audit-everything approach on production systems.
• Design and maintain AI developer tooling, including prompt engineering and LLM-assisted code generation.

Skills

Python 3

Testing

Data pipelines

Security best practices

Agentic AI

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

Job description

About Us

Are you ready to shape the future of financial control technology? At VCGTech, you will collaborate with talented engineers to deliver impactful solutions that drive transparency and trust in global markets. You will have the opportunity to grow your skills, work with cutting-edge technology and make a real difference in how you value and manage risk. Join a team where your ideas matter and your contributions are valued.

As a Python Software Engineer in the VCGTech team, you will design and deliver robust financial control systems that support our mission-critical Independent Revaluation Infrastructure System (IRIS). You will work closely with asset class and platform teams to build scalable, secure and innovative solutions. You will help ensure the accuracy and integrity of our balance sheet, collaborating with experts across technology and finance. Your work will directly impact how you manage valuation, risk and regulatory compliance.

Job Responsibilities

• Design and develop Python applications within a large mono-repo using proprietary workflows
• Build graph-based data pipelines for valuation adjustment calculations and risk analysis
• Implement independent price verification and valuation adjustment workflows across asset classes
• Develop consensus pricing solutions integrating with external market data providers
• Configure distributed compute, job scheduling, analytics integrations and cloud storage pipelines
• Write and maintain comprehensive unit, baseline and parameterized tests
• Investigate and remediate security vulnerabilities; support audit remediation efforts
• Operate with a dry-run-first, confirm-before-modify, audit-everything approach on production systems
• Design and maintain AI developer tooling, including prompt engineering and LLM-assisted code generation

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities

• Proficiency in Python 3, including type annotations, context managers, generators and functional programming patterns
• Experience with test-driven or test-heavy development, including unit, integration and regression testing
• Ability to build and maintain multi-stage data processing pipelines (graph-based, batch or streaming)
• Understanding of security best practices, including input validation and vulnerability remediation
• Experience with agentic AI and prompt engineering, including LLM-based developer agents and workflow orchestration

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in financial services, derivatives pricing, market data or valuation concepts
• Experience with distributed compute or job scheduling systems
• Familiarity with Databricks, Delta Lake or similar analytics platforms
• Knowledge of reactive or event-driven programming

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, colour, 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. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

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 are setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.