Lead Software Engineer - Python

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Banking's Athena Trade Risk & Services team, you will build the next generation of trade structuring tools and components needed by teams across Markets and used globally by our trading desks and support teams. You will work closely with our Athena Trade Risk & Services function, as a member of a highly skilled, agile development team.

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level. A good knowledge of Investment Banking and Markets is highly desirable but a thirst for knowledge and the knack to apply that knowledge is just as good to us.

Key Responsibilities:

• Write high quality Backend Python code following SOLID principles
• Participate in requirements meetings and propose technical solutions
• Evangelize product opportunities across development teams
• Complete full lifecycle development and maintenance
• Support other teams using our components

Required Skills:

• Software engineering certification or formal training
• Strong OOP and TDD experience with Python
• Experience with distributed computing architecture
• Understanding of event-based architecture
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent team collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SecDB/Athena/Quartz platform
• Experience in large mono-repo codebases
• Investment Banking/FinTech knowledge
• GraphQL familiarity
• Tech Lead experience

About the Company: J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets worldwide. Join our team to work on cutting-edge trade structuring tools used globally by trading desks and support teams.