JPMorganChase
Senior Lead Software Engineer- EMEA / APAC Energy Lead (Commodities)
Job Posted 22 Days Ago
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Lead the software development for the Athena platform, manage teams across regions, and collaborate with various stakeholders in the commodities sector.
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:
- Run the book of work for the EMEA and APAC energy franchise, working with stakeholders and 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.
- Attain a clear understanding of the Athena platform and design considerations in a diverse systems environment.
- Partner continuously with stakeholders to stay focused 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:
1. Demonstrates a strong engineering track record.
2. Goes beyond pure execution; acts as a custodian of the business.
3. Has full stack expectations for them and their team, with Python backend and TypeScript frontend.
4. Will be a regional lead, managing directs across 2 regions, spanning senior and junior levels.
6. Partners with front office trading, operations, and quantitative research, with exposure to group leads.
7. Wears a Strong Culture.
8. Has a commodities background: experience in energy covering gas, oil, emissions, power, with understanding of both financial and physical payoffs.
lease ensure that all the first words of the bullet points are either verbs or adverbs. Consolidate bullet points in this section.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
- Formal training or certification on Computer Science concepts and proficient advanced experience
- Proven track record in developing IT systems for companies operating in finance, ideally investment banking, with inventory management systems or implementing logistics operations features.
- Extensive experience in large-scale system development in languages such as Python, Java, Scala, C++, or C#.
- Willingness to become proficient in Python if not already a primary language.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies.
- Ability to build relationships with business users and partnering engineering groups.
- Ability to develop a good understanding of end-to-end business processes.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to interact confidently with business users and prioritize requirements.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
- Software development experience in commodities, finance, or investment banking preferred, or willingness to learn rapidly.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and enterprise architecture.
- Ability to collaborate with and influence other technology teams in a constantly changing environment.
About Us
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.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
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.
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:
- Run the book of work for the EMEA and APAC energy franchise, working with stakeholders and 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.
- Attain a clear understanding of the Athena platform and design considerations in a diverse systems environment.
- Partner continuously with stakeholders to stay focused 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:
1. Demonstrates a strong engineering track record.
2. Goes beyond pure execution; acts as a custodian of the business.
3. Has full stack expectations for them and their team, with Python backend and TypeScript frontend.
4. Will be a regional lead, managing directs across 2 regions, spanning senior and junior levels.
6. Partners with front office trading, operations, and quantitative research, with exposure to group leads.
7. Wears a Strong Culture.
8. Has a commodities background: experience in energy covering gas, oil, emissions, power, with understanding of both financial and physical payoffs.
lease ensure that all the first words of the bullet points are either verbs or adverbs. Consolidate bullet points in this section.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
- Formal training or certification on Computer Science concepts and proficient advanced experience
- Proven track record in developing IT systems for companies operating in finance, ideally investment banking, with inventory management systems or implementing logistics operations features.
- Extensive experience in large-scale system development in languages such as Python, Java, Scala, C++, or C#.
- Willingness to become proficient in Python if not already a primary language.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies.
- Ability to build relationships with business users and partnering engineering groups.
- Ability to develop a good understanding of end-to-end business processes.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to interact confidently with business users and prioritize requirements.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
- Software development experience in commodities, finance, or investment banking preferred, or willingness to learn rapidly.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and enterprise architecture.
- Ability to collaborate with and influence other technology teams in a constantly changing environment.
About Us
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.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
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.
Top Skills
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C++
Java
Python
Scala
Typescript
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