Location: Houston, TX, United States

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level. 

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Bank Equities organization, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

 

• Writes high-quality Python code for front-office Technology Systems
• Collaborates closely with Traders and Quantitative Researchers to deliver solutions that enhance trading and execution workflows
• Creates alignment with stakeholders, both technical and non-technical
• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

 

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience
• Proficient hands-on coding experience in Python
• In-depth knowledge of Capital Markets and Equity Market Microstructure
• Strong knowledge of electronic trading workflows across pre-trade analytics, signal generation, execution algorithms and post-trade analysis
• Demonstrated experience applying analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills
• Proficient in translating business and quant requirements into scalable target architectures and implementation roadmaps
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

 

• Hands on experience in Quantitative Trading and/or Market Analysis
• Familiarity and prior experience on KDB/q will be beneficial
• Knowledge of FIX, Market Data, Order Management Systems 
• Prior experience with SecDB / Athena / Quartz platforms 
• Data streaming knowledge on frameworks like Kafka, AMPS

Design and deliver market-leading technology products in a secure and scalable way as a seasoned member of an agile team