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