Python Software Engineer II

Job Description
If you are passionate, curious, and ready to make an impact, we are looking for you.
As a Python Software Engineer II at JPMorganChase within Macro Rates, you join an agile team that enhances, designs, and delivers software components for the firm's advanced technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of the team, you execute software solutions through design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components, while building skills and experience to grow in your role. You partner with Trading, Sales, Ops, and Technology to identify and implement solutions for clients, sales, and the wider business.
This role requires entrepreneurial spirit and significant interaction with Trading and Quantitative Research in a fast-paced environment, challenging the status quo and influencing change across the organization.
Job responsibilities

• Collaborate with Trading, QR, RMO, and Ops partners to implement solutions for new products, automated workflows, and greenfield build-out of strategic trade and risk management platforms
• Execute standard software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting
• Build front-end trading and trade management tools
• Align with Product Owners to understand market changes and business opportunities, identifying and presenting technological solutions
• Write high-quality Python code with limited guidance
• Design, develop, code, and troubleshoot with consideration of upstream and downstream systems
• Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle to improve automation value
• Apply technical troubleshooting to break down solutions and solve basic technical problems
• Gather, analyze, and draw conclusions from large, diverse data sets to support secure, stable application development
• Independently learn and apply system processes and methodologies for secure, stable code and systems
• Promote workflow automation and assist with developing adoption strategies using data-driven analysis
• Drive and articulate tech strategy across the rates tech landscape

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in Rates (Securities or Derivatives)
• Bring a commercial mindset, excellent communication skills, and ability to work as part of a team
• Show background in Rates, Technology, and Product Development
• Have hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Develop, debug, and maintain code in a large corporate environment with modern programming and database querying languages
• Demonstrate ability to code in Python
• Experience across the Software Development Life Cycle
• Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Emerging knowledge of software applications and technical processes (e.g., cloud, AI, ML, mobile)
• Understand sales/trader workflows and their application in daily operations
• Organize and analyze technical data for trading needs
• Maintain an execution-oriented mindset with accountability for delivering client and business targets

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Understanding of Interest Rate Derivatives
• Experience with TypeScript / React
• Exposure to cloud technologies
• Experience working with Front Office Technology

About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
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. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.