Software Engineer III (SWES03) COMMODITIES UK

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About Commodities Transformation

The Global Commodities business spans over the globe (North America, EMEA, Asia Pacific) and does business in Oil, Gas, Power, Emissions, & Metals (both base and precious) in both Exchange Traded markets as well as Over the Counter markets. The desks trade both financially settled as well as physically settled products.

The Commodities Line of business is one of the early adopters of thepython-based Athena platform. In Commodities, from trade capturing to day-to-day live risk management to all the middle and back-office operations; all are handled in Athena. The Application layer of Athens is entirely in python with heavy application of Graph. Athena uses an in-house built object database called hydra.

Commodities Transformation is about modernizing the Commodities Athena platform. To that end the first aim to modernize the Commodity Physical Inventory Management for the physical trading. This is to uplift the exiting system (which is also in Athena) into a robust, scalable, and consistent state. This also entails to developing an intuitive User Experience using cutting edge technologies. This is a full-stack development challenge.

Job responsibilities

• You need to develop in Athena which is purely python-based development work in an Enterprise development environment.
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Write adequate tests for the codes you develop. This includes unit tests, regression tests, etc. Your code needs to have very high-test coverage.
• Workflow based UI development - front to back.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.
• Improves experience for trading, operations developing intuitive user interfaces and performant back ends.
• Work with Commodities QR group as well as other technical partners in a collaborative environment.
• Drives and executes within the strategy of macro technology, of which commodities is one section (aligning with rates and FX technology peers)

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills.

• You need to be a skilled python developer rating greatest than 7 in a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 lowest and 10 highest.
• Athena platform heavily uses the data structure graph. You need to be proficient in different data structure and algorithms especially graph based.
• Hands-on practical experience in any enterprise system in developing robust backend codes.
• Front to back development experience in developing any workflow based user tool.
• Knowledgeable in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Knowledgeable in the Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience in writing different tests for CICD.
• Prior track record of delivery within risk management in financial services
• Ability to collaborate with and influence other technology teams to deliver end to end solutions to the business in a constantly changing environment.

Preferable

• Concept of Risk, Markets - any knowledge in commodities markets is a plus.
• Commodities market knowledge or experience in developing application for Commodities business is a plus.

ABOUT US

J.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.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

ABOUT THE TEAM

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.