At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative software projects and collaborate with front office teams to enhance trading strategies.
- Company: Join J.P. Morgan, a global leader in financial services with a focus on diversity and inclusion.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, diverse work environment, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with significant investment in technology and career development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the financial sector using cutting-edge technologies like Python and Java.
- Qualifications: Experience in software engineering, particularly in Python, and strong analytical skills.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
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 Quantitative Execution Strategies Tech, 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 building critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.
Team Overview: The QES (Quantitative Execution Strategies) infrastructure supports the execution of cross-markets intraday trading strategies. It is a large growth area for JP Morgan's markets franchise, and will see significant additional investment over the next year to further our excellence in the business. The team's responsibility includes the design, build and support of the platform. The work requires close collaboration with our front office partners from sales, trading and quantitative research.
Job Responsibilities:
- 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 communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies.
- Acts as a front office developer within the QES technology team.
- Collaborates closely with front office teams (trading, structuring) to support the QES platform.
- Develops platform and visualization components required by the desk.
- Utilizes principal technologies such as Java, Python and TypeScript (React) within the team.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient advanced experience.
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
- Advanced in Python programming language.
- Excellent analytical skills (i.e. problem solving).
- Experience in leading an agile delivery team leveraging scrum, sprint planning, retrospectives and reporting progress to senior stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
- Experience of working in a front office environment within financial services.
- Knowledge of Java, Python, Typescript, React.
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At J.P. Morgan, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where innovation thrives and employees are empowered to push the boundaries of technology. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion fosters a collaborative culture that values every individual's contribution, while our focus on professional development ensures that you have ample opportunities for growth within the financial services sector. Join us in London, where you'll be at the forefront of cutting-edge solutions in a supportive team dedicated to excellence in the fast-paced world of finance.
Contact Details:
United States Digital Space LLC Recruitment Team
