Software Engineer III for COMMODITIES UK

Be a key part of an agile team driving innovation to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

Bring your Software Engineering career to the next level and become an integral part of an agile front-office technology team where your expertise advances next-generation solutions. We value your contributions and empower you to stay at the forefront of industry trends. Join us and thrive in a culture built on diversity, opportunity, and respect.

As an Athena/Python, Front Office Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Banking - Precious Metals and Agriculture - Commodities Tech team, you will be 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges spanning multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

Works closely with Precious Metals/Agriculture Trading, Quantitative Research, Sales, Middle Office, and other technology teams to gather requirements and deliver reliable and impactful solutions

Designs, develops and maintains trading applications and systems used by Front Office

Troubleshoots production issues efficiently in a time-sensitive environment

Continuously improves code quality, performance and system resilience by developing secure and high-quality production code, and reviewing and debugging code written by others

Collaborates with global technology teams seamlessly and work in an agile manner

Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies

Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient advanced experience

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Math, or equivalent training and relevant experience

Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

Experience in performant, large-scale system development in an object-oriented or functional language such as Python, Java, etc.

Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g. Cloud , object-oriented programming, full stack development - end to end, quantitative finance )

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Enthusiastic to keep learning and growing, in technical aptitude and business understanding

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Software development experience in commodities, finance, or investment banking preferred, or willingness to rapidly learn the business domain

• Willingness to become proficient and develop in Python, if not already a primary language

• Ability to collaborate with other technology teams to deliver end to end solutions to the business in a constantly changing environment

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work directly with both business users and engineers