Lead Software Engineer - Python / Web developer

Testing Site - JPMC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Houston seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive the expansion of a best-in-class platform for equity inventory management, client funds lifecycle, reporting, and automation of the firm’s booking process.

You will work with traders and Middle Office, mentor teams, and own full SDLC for new features and enhancements while aligning with other tech groups and production support teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Strong Python concepts including OO design, multi-threading, and parallel processing.
• Front-end skills in JavaScript/React, AngularJS, TypeScript, HTML5 and CSS3.
• Finance domain knowledge in asset management is preferred.
• Experience designing scalable microservices with high resiliency.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (Sybase, Oracle, MongoDB).
• Experience with SDLC tools: Git/Jira/Jenkins/Gradle/Maven.
• Proven track record in Agile teams and production support ownership.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business, quant, and tech teams to define requirements and solutions.
• Mentor developers and conduct code and design reviews.
• Develop enhancements or new solutions for business objectives and requirements.
• Own feature deliveries across the full SDLC from requirements to deployment and support.
• Coordinate with other tech teams to implement changes across systems.
• Ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and maintainable.
• Document release procedures and support notes for production teams.
• Provide 3rd level production support and drive issue analysis and improvements.
• Train AI agents to automate support, documentation, and development lifecycles.

Skills

Technical leadership

Python concepts

JavaScript/React

AngularJS

TypeScript

HTML5/CSS3

Databases (Relational/NoSQL)

Agile/Scrum

Microservices

Production support ownership

Tools

Git/Bitbucket

Jira

Jenkins

Gradle

Maven

Tornado

Bottle

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Prime Finance Collateral Basket team, you will work hand in hand daily with JPM traders and Middle Office. You will help drive the expansion in North America of our a best-in-class platform used to manage the bank’s equity inventory, our client funds lifecycle, their associated reporting and the automation of the firm booking process.

Job responsibilities

• Work directly with business, quant and technology teams to articulate new technology requirements and solve business problems.

• Collaborate with other members of a globally distributed team to brainstorm new ideas / solutions and provide mentoring and technical expertise to the team.

• Develop specific enhancements and/or build new solutions to fulfill business objectives related to new business requirements.

• Manage ownership of feature deliveries through the full SDLC process, including requirements gathering, development, unit and integration testing, packaging, deployment and support.

• Work closely with other technology teams to ensure that required changes are made in other systems.

• Ensure technological solutions meet business and client requirements, that they are robust and supportable.

• Document release procedures and support notes for deliverables to enable proper support by our production management groups.

• Provide 3rd Level production support on a rotational basis – analyze issues observed in production, provide detailed analysis and recommendations to production management groups, and identify opportunities to improve the production system.

• Mentor junior developers and conduct code and design reviews.

• Train AI agents to automate support, documentation, and streamline development lifecycle.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineeringconcepts and 5+ years applied experience

• Excellent understanding of Python concepts, includingobject-oriented design, multi-threading, parallel processing.

• Excellent understanding of UI concepts, languages and platforms including JavaScript/React, AngularJS, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3.

• Experience of working in financial services knows business, understands and worked in finance and asset management

• Experience in technical leadership roles, working with teams of developers with varying levels of experience, and a range of different backgrounds and skill sets.

• Experience with Python Web Framework such as Tornado or Bottle

• Experience designing and implementing scalable microservice architectures with high resiliency capabilities.

• Experience with Databases – relational as well as No-SQL - Sybase / Oracle / Mongo DB

• Experience working in Agile organization as a team member/Scrum Master/ Product Owner

• Experience supporting production environments, responding to user concerns, and taking ownership of production issues.

• Experience with full development lifecycle and tools, including Git/Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins, Gradle, Maven.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working on Deal lifecycle, pricing and risk systems such on SecDb, Quartz, Athena, Beacon

• Understanding of equity market and equity derivative products.

• Experience in user interface and integration test automation

• Exposure to cloud compute platforms, including AWS.Cloud or container-orchestration certification – AWS, Kubernetes, etc.