Front Office Quantitative / Python Software Engineer III

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

As a Front Office Quantitative / Python Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank- Markets Technology, you will be responsible for developing sophisticated trading systems for one of the largest trading desks within the firm in terms of revenue and product coverage.

Our traders are located globally and engage in a variety of financial products, ranging from vanilla FX Spot to exotic interest rate options.

Our technology team collaborates closely with business users to design and engineer core software applications for asset pricing, trading, and risk management functionalities.

This role requires a strong focus on quantitative development to enhance our trading systems' analytical capabilities.

Job Responsibilities:


* Collaborates with senior engineers, quantitative researchers, and traders to develop real-time, highly scalable trading systems for one of the industry's largest trading desks


* Engages in quantitative development to implement and optimize algorithms for asset pricing, risk management, and trading strategies


* Writes secure and high-quality code using Python or C++ with limited guidance


* Works on JP Morgan's flagship technology product, Athena, which is one of the largest Python code bases in the world (50+ million lines of code)


* Collaborates with Quant Researchers and Business Users to document functional requirements and translate them into technical specifications


* Writes high-quality code in Python and React/JavaScript to build best-in-class applications that would be used directly by the business users


* Gains exposure to Pricing, Risk, and Trade Management functions by working closely with business users


* Provides front office support and engages in financial modeling, particularly in fixed income products


* Learns and applies system processes, methodologies, and skills for the development of secure, stable code and systems

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:


* Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years of applied experience


* Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability


* Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages


* Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and object-oriented programming (OOP)


* Proficiency in Python, C++ or Java programming


* Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to develop and implement complex algorithms and models


* Quantitative finance background with strong experience in data analysis and statistical models


* Experience with calculating Risk or Pricing of asset classes


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