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 Senior Lead of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank, Credit Technology team, your main task will be to provide high-quality IT solutions to our Credit Trading business, an area where we are recognized as industry leaders. This position presents an exceptional chance for career growth and skill enhancement. As part of an agile team, you will have a crucial role in improving, designing, and delivering the company's innovative technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Your participation in the software engineering team will involve assisting in the design, development, and technical problem-solving of various components within a technical product, application, or system, equipping you with the necessary skills and experience for career progression.

Job responsibilities

Develop robust, performant pricing, trading and risk systems including building new applications & enriching existing applications using the most suitable technology choices. Align development with the overall Credit trading strategy. Work across entire software development lifecycle - requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, handover to operate teams. Work closely with the Quant team to develop pricing and analytic components in Python/Athena Enhance the team by demonstrating best practice throughout the software development lifecycle: testing, code review, accurate status reporting, focus on application resilience and "silent running".

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on Python concepts and proficient advanced experience Strong analytical development skills, solid understanding of computer science fundamentals and experience in real-time, resilient, high performance and/or risk and pricing and/or eTrading areas. Experience of developing in Python Writing tests, object modelling and refactoring Creative, quick-thinking, pragmatic, with an aptitude for solving problems with technology and an ability to quickly translate requirements into a sound technical design and implementation. Proven organisational skills, decisive priority management, strong teamwork ethic, excellent verbal & written communication skills.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

The ideal candidate will likely be qualified to degree level in Computer Science, Maths or related engineering discipline. Strong technology generalist - experience building highly performant and resilient enterprise applications used within a high performance/realtime environment Experience working in a team with a strong software development process (build, test, deploy etc) Experience of developing in Java and experience of Relational Database systems is preferred, but not necessary * A desire to learn more about the Credit Business