Sr Lead Software Engineer - Quant, Python, KDB+
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
9 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
SeniorJob location
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Java
API
Data analysis
Software Applications
C++
Cloud Computing
Computer Engineering
Continuous Delivery
Data Integrity
Data Security
Python
Machine Learning
NumPy
Software Engineering
Data Ingestion
Pandas
Build Management
Information Technology
Data Pipelines
Job description
Be an integral part of a technology team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products., * Build and support fast, reliable, globally consistent data pipelines (data ingestion, cleaning, backfilling, storing) for the research and execution systems ensuring data integrity and low-latency access for research and trading.
- Work with the research and trading teams to onboard new datasets efficiently and consistently for use globally by the business.
- Design and build robust tools and frameworks to support quantitative research and production trading.
- Design, build and support research infrastructure (e.g. data access APIs, high performant and scalable simulation environments, feature and strategy signal stores)
- Build and support research and trading analytics libraries (e.g. markouts, strategy analytics)
- Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
- Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Influence peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
Requirements
- Design and implementation of front-office systems for quant trading.
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Strong expertise in Python. Comfortable with scientific & dataset libraries such as pandas, numpy.
- Experience with KDB/Q
- Knowledge of data pipelines, market data processing and backtesting workflows.
- Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines
- Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
- Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
- Academic experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
- Knowledge of machine learning, statistical techniques and related libraries.
Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities
- Strong knowledge and experience in FIX, Market Data, Analytics, OMS, and equities trading in global markets are assets
- Additional knowledge of Java / C++ is a strong plus.
- Practical cloud native experience is a plus.
- Practical cloud experience is a plus.
About the company
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., 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.