JPMorgan Senior Lead Software Engineer 

United Kingdom, England, London 

770574225

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within our Corporate Technology Line of Business, you will be instrumental in shaping the future of credit risk management. Located in the vibrant city of London, you will collaborate with traders, quants, and sales professionals in a dynamic, high-energy setting. Your contributions will be crucial to the successful delivery of innovative applications that offer real-time credit risk insights and modernize our platforms.

Job responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction to support business and technical teams.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review and debug code written by your team.
• Drive product design, application functionality, and technical operations decisions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in one or more technical areas.
• Advocate for firmwide frameworks, tools, and best practices within the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Influence peers and decision-makers to adopt innovative technologies and solutions.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient advanced experience.
• Advanced knowledge of Python and practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• In-depth knowledge of software applications, technical processes, and one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, data, SQL). Practical cloud-native experience is essential.
• Ability to tackle design and functionality challenges independently with minimal oversight.
• Primary development platform is Athena (JP Morgan’s platform cross-asset risk, pricing and trade management solutions to clients), so any current or prior knowledge in the platform is highly acknowledged.

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.