Job Description
As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within our Commodities Technology team, you will focus on our Athena platform, supporting expanding operations across various commodity asset classes (oil, gas, emissions, power). This role is part of a global team that develops and maintains applications for commodity trading, risk management, inventory handling, P&L reporting, and price calculation. You will need an agile mindset to balance strategic initiatives with day-to-day trading activities.
You will be a regional lead for EMEA and APAC based activities, with a team spanning London and Singapore.
Job Responsibilities:
* Manage the book of work for the EMEA and APAC energy franchise, collaborating with stakeholders and leading a team of engineers.
* Develop and maintain systems within the Athena platform (booking, inventory, risk reporting).
* Collaborate with QR, Trading, Sales, and Middle Office teams to deliver quality code in a fast-paced environment.
* Gain a clear understanding of the Athena platform and design considerations in a diverse systems environment.
* Partner continuously with stakeholders to focus on shared goals and deliver end-to-end solutions.
* Embrace Agile development methodologies and take ownership of deliverables to the production environment.
* Focus on testing throughout the development cycle to produce innovative, reliable, and maintainable software.
Expectations of the role:
* Demonstrate a strong engineering track record.
* Act as a custodian of the business, going beyond pure execution.
* Possess full-stack expectations, with Python backend and TypeScript frontend.
* Manage directs across two regions, spanning senior and junior levels.
* Partner with front office trading, operations, and quantitative research, with exposure to group leads.
* Uphold a Strong Culture.
* Have a commodities background, with experience in energy covering gas, oil, emissions, power, and understanding of both financial and physical payoffs.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
* Hold formal training or certification in Computer Science concepts and have proficient advanced experience.
* Have a proven track record in developing IT systems for finance companies, ideally in investment banking, with inventory management or logistics features.
* Possess extensive experience in large-scale system development using languages like Python, Java, Scala, C++, or C#.
* Be willing to become proficient in Python if not already a primary language.
* Understand Agile methodologies well.
* Ability to build relationships with business users and engineering groups.
* Develop a good understanding of end-to-end business processes.
* Exhibit excellent interpersonal skills to interact confidently with business users and prioritize requirements.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
* Have software development experience in commodities, finance, or investment banking, or be willing to learn rapidly.
* Possess strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and enterprise architecture.
* Ability to collaborate with and influence other technology teams in a constantly changing environment.
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