At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and enhance backend services for a cutting-edge risk platform.
- Company: Join JPMorgan Chase, a global leader in financial services.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, diverse culture, and opportunities for growth.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with strong support for personal development.
- Why this job: Make an impact in finance with innovative technology and global collaboration.
- Qualifications: Experience in Python, React, and TypeScript; finance background preferred.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Athena Engineering team, you will design, build, and enhance backend services and capabilities within the Athena ecosystem to support an externally facing cross-asset risk platform (FX, Rates, Credit, Equities).
This solution is a feature rich platform, offering traders and investment managers top-tier tools to optimize their portfolios and reduce risk exposure in a high-performance, externally facing client environment.
- Athena Engineer (Back End): design, build, and enhance backend services and capabilities within the Athena ecosystem to support an externally facing cross-asset risk platform (FX, Rates, Credit, Equities).
- Build out new functions in risk management applications using Python for the backend and React, Redux, and TypeScript for the frontend.
- Collaborate with engineers and product management across the globe to deliver high-quality solutions for external clients.
- Build out the service layer monitoring and control functionality, maximizing the platform resiliency and robustness in a high-availability, high-throughput environment.
- Seasoned developer experienced in high level languages such as: Python, C++, Java, or JavaScript.
- Experience in Python (backend).
- Experience in React and TypeScript.
- Experience in finance / investment banking as an application developer, ideally with exposure to FX, Rates, Credit, and/or Equities.
- Experience building and supporting high-performance backend systems (e.g., low-latency services, high-throughput APIs, observability/monitoring, resiliency patterns).
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.
