Front Office Trading Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Glasgow, United Kingdom
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java
Algorithmic Trading
Software Quality
Code Review
Software Design Patterns
Distributed Systems
Object-Oriented Software Development
Software Architecture
Software Deployment
Software Engineering
Software Systems
Kafka
Video Streaming
Microservices

Job description

As a Software Engineer in Asset Management Trading Technology, you will help transform trading from an art into a science. You will design, build, and evolve industry-leading platforms that manage orders and execute trades across diverse asset classes. Working closely with Traders, you will engineer solutions that automate and optimize the order management lifecycle. You will be part of a team that values technical excellence, creative problem-solving, and rapid delivery, where your expertise will directly shape the future of trading technology., * Design and engineer scalable, high-performance trading systems across multiple asset classes.

  • Collaborate directly with Traders to deliver high-impact solutions.
  • Build and develop applications for mission-critical trading platforms.
  • Architect and implement next-generation messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka.
  • Drive technical innovation and contribute creative ideas for platform advancement.
  • Drive the adoption and scaling of GenAI practices within the software development workflow, bringing creative ideas on how to use AI tooling effectively and reliably.
  • Participate in code reviews and mentor teammates to strengthen engineering excellence.
  • Participate in the full software development lifecycle from design through to production.
  • Focus on continuous improvement and fast, iterative delivery.
  • Deploy code to production daily with confidence.
  • Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Requirements

  • Proven hands-on experience designing and building end-to-end software systems.
  • Experience with messaging and streaming technologies e.g. Kafka
  • Solid understanding of modern software architecture and design patterns.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
  • Commitment to building reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including Traders and Quants.
  • Dedication to continuous improvement and rapid delivery.
  • A passion for code quality, engineering excellence, and elegant solutions.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

  • Experience in financial services or Trading technology.
  • Knowledge of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
  • Knowledge of core Java and/or object-oriented design principles.
  • Understanding of observability and telemetry principles.
  • Interest in financial markets and trading workflows.
  • Interest in low-latency or high-throughput systems.

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 Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals. Our Asset and Wealth Management division is driven by innovators like you who are driven to create technology solutions that make us work more efficiently and help our businesses grow. It's our mission to efficiently take care of our clients' wealth, helping them get, and remain properly invested. Our team of agile technologists thrive in a cloud-native environment that values continuous learning using a data-centric approach in developing innovative technology solutions. You need to sign in or create an account to save a job.

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