JPMorgan Software Engineer II - Python 

United Kingdom, England, London 

367526889

Job responsibilities

• Develop robust, performant software products and APIs, and enrich existing applications using the Athena Platform. Align development with the overall Markets Athena convergence strategy.
• Work directly with line of business developers to gather requirements, understand business context and translate this into a set of work items for delivery.
• Be responsible for the entire software development lifecycle: requirement gathering, design, implementation, testing, and handover to line of business teams.
• Enhance the team by demonstrating best practice throughout the software development lifecycle: testing, code review, accurate status reporting, focus on application resilience and “operability”.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on python concepts and expanding applied experience
• Professional python (or other Object Oriented Language (Java, C++)) experience with proven track record of high quality successful delivery.
• Proven wide ranging technical experience demonstrating a genuine interest in technical products and problem solving.
• Knowledge of the products traded in capital markets, business processes and applications underpinning them.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to integrate into a cross region team.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Cloud data storage experience, BigData experience.
• Prior experience of similar Athena eco-system, e.g. Quartz, SecDB.
• Real-time data feed experience, service-oriented architecture and experience of APIs.