Lead Software Engineer for COMMODITIES UK

🏢 JP Morgan
📍 LONDON, United KingdomFull-timeOn-site
📅 Posted: 6mo ago🔄 Updated: 6mo ago
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Lead Python Software Engineer for the Athena platform within JPMorgan Chase's Commodities team. You will be an integral part of an agile team delivering trusted, scalable technology for commodities trading, with responsibilities including writing secure production code, performing code reviews, automating remediation, leading architectural evaluations with external and internal teams, and fostering communities of practice. Strong Python skills, SDLC mastery, and experience with CI/CD and cloud-native technologies are essential, along with a deep understanding of the financial services IT landscape.
Required Skills
Information Technology
PythonCI/CDCloud Computing
Business, Sales & Management
Agile
Nice to have:
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
Leadership
Requirements
Seeking a Lead Software Engineer with strong Python expertise to join JPMorgan Chase's Commodities Derisking team. The role requires hands-on delivery of secure, high-quality production code, experience working with Front Office Trading Desks, and a deep understanding of SDLC, CI/CD, agile methodologies, and cloud-native environments. The candidate should be capable of technical leadership, vendor and internal team collaboration, and driving architectural decisions across multiple business functions.
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 Python Lead Software Engineer (Athena platform) at JPMorganChase within the Commodities Derisking Team, you are 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives. .   

Job responsibilities

Develop next gen applications for Commodities trading desks across the globe at JPMorganChase

  • Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
  • Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
  • Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
  • Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
  • Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
  • Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience in working with Front Office Trading Desks. 
  • High proficiency in Python
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
  • Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
  • Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
  • Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
  • Practical cloud native experience
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