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
About UsJ.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.
Skills Required
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- 2+ years leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Math or equivalent training and relevant experience
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Experience in performant, large-scale system development in an object-oriented or functional language (e.g., Python, Java)
- Advanced knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, object-oriented programming, full stack development)
- Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
- Strong understanding of end-to-end business processes
- Previous software engineering team management experience
JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is considered comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision, alongside wellness and mental health resources. Some locations add onsite health centers and related wellbeing support.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k)-type savings plan and related financial benefits, with options such as employee stock purchase participation. Financial planning resources are also highlighted to support long-term savings.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of 16 weeks for birth or adoption is available for all parents. Child care and back-up child care resources further reinforce family support.
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What We Do
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products. Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. ©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.
Why Work With Us
Our technologists work on a diverse range of solutions that include strategic technology initiatives, big data, mobile, electronic payments, machine learning, cybersecurity, enterprise cloud development, and other state-of-the-art technologies.
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