Software Engineer COMMODITIES UK

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to enhance and deliver technology products within their Commercial and Investment Banking – Base Metals team. This role requires collaboration with Trading, developing risk management applications, and providing technical guidance.

Applicants should have a degree in Computer Science and over 5 years of experience in software engineering. Strong skills in Python or Java and a solid understanding of end-to-end business processes are essential. Join an agile team and drive innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with leadership experience.
• Experience with large-scale system development in an object-oriented or functional language.
• Strong understanding of software applications and technical processes.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Trading and Research teams to deliver quality code.
• Drive design, development, and delivery of applications for risk management.
• Provide technical guidance and develop secure production code.

Skills

5+ years applied experience in software engineering

Leadership in managing complex technical items

Hands-on experience with system design and application development

Knowledge of Python or Java

Understanding of end-to-end business processes

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Math

Tools

Cloud technologies

Object-oriented programming

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer – Base Metals / Front Office / Athena at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Banking – Base Metals - Commodities Tech team, you will be an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

• Works closely with Trading, Quantitative Research, Sales, and Middle Office teams to deliver quality code in a fast-paced environment
• Serve as a Senior SWE within the Base Metals Team, driving the design, development, and delivery of applications for risk management, pricing, trade capture, and physical commodities operations, aligned with global team objectives and priorities.
• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Promotes and drives cross-functional collaboration with Core Technology teams and Business teams to deliver innovative, scalable solutions
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, 2+ years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Math or equivalent training and relevant experience
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience in performant, large‑scale system development in an object‑oriented or functional language such as Python, Java, etc.
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in‑depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, object-oriented programming, full stack development - end to end, quantitative finance, etc.)
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Must have a strong understanding of end‑to‑end business processes
• Enthusiastic to keep learning and growing, in technical aptitude and business understanding
• Previous software engineering team management experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Software development experience in commodities, finance, or investment banking preferred, or willingness to rapidly learn the business domain
• Willingness to become proficient and develop in Python if not already a primary language
• Ability to collaborate with other technology teams to deliver end to end solutions to the business in a constantly changing environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills to interact confidently and credibly with business users, to understand and agree business requirements and their prioritization