Lead Software Engineer - Python, Equity Derivatives

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank in the Markets Technology within Equities/Derivatives division, your role will be pivotal in an agile team. You will be responsible for the improvement, development, and delivery of high quality technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a significant technical contributor, your tasks will involve deploying crucial technology solutions across diverse technical areas within multiple business functions, all to support the firm's business objectives.

• 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 reviews and debugs 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 evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

• Formal training or certification on software engineering
  * concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) - Python
• Great problem solving skills for problems with a mathematical/technological background
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team-oriented environment
• Experience with development, deployment and maintenance of commercial service-oriented application(s)
• Experience leading a team, conducting code reviews, mentoring and guiding more junior team members
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods. Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience

• Equities business knowledge is an advantage but relevant experience in other business areas is welcomed
• Unix or Linux knowledge
• Working knowledge of continuous integration and deployment processes