Front Office Trading Engineer

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, United Kingdom · Asset & Wealth Management

Software Engineer in Asset Management Trading Technology to design, build, and evolve industry-leading platforms for order management and trade execution. Focus on automating and optimizing the order management lifecycle, collaborating with Traders, and driving technical innovation. Will also drive adoption and scaling of GenAI practices within the software development workflow.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and engineer scalable, high-performance trading systems across multiple asset classes.
  2. Collaborate directly with Traders to deliver high-impact solutions.
  3. Build and develop applications for mission-critical trading platforms.
  4. Architect and implement next-generation messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka.
  5. 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.

Skills

Required

  • designing and building end-to-end software systems
  • messaging and streaming technologies e.g. Kafka
  • modern software architecture and design patterns
  • work in a fast-paced environment
  • building reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems
  • collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including Traders and Quants
  • continuous improvement and rapid delivery

Nice to have

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

What the JD emphasized

  • GenAI practices
  • AI tooling