Sr Lead Software Engineer – Data Engineering, Python/c++/kdb/ai

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · LONDON, LONDON, United Kingdom · Commercial & Investment Bank

Senior Lead Software Engineer role focused on data engineering and AI integration within a financial trading environment. The role involves designing and optimizing real-time data pipelines, leveraging AI for automation and analytics, and leading technical initiatives. Requires strong software engineering skills in Python/KDB/C++ and working knowledge of AI technologies.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead technical initiatives across global analytics teams, providing guidance and direction to engineers, contractors, and vendors in a high-velocity environment.
  2. Design, build, and optimize real-time data processing pipelines and applications ensuring reliability and performance for mission-critical financial systems.
  3. Leverage AI technologies and techniques to enhance data engineering workflows, automate SDLC processes, and deliver advanced analytics capabilities for trading and research.
  4. Collaborate with research and trading teams worldwide to onboard new datasets efficiently and consistently, supporting global business needs.
  5. Build and support robust tools and frameworks for quantitative research and production trading, including scalable APIs and analytics libraries.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of applied experience in software engineering, in large-scale, fast-paced financial environments.
  • Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for analytics-driven teams.
  • Strong expertise in any of Python/KDB/C++, for real-time data processing, application development, or data engineering.
  • Working knowledge of AI technologies (machine learning, generative AI, etc.) to support data engineering, analytics, or SDLC automation.
  • Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods; advanced understanding of agile methodologies (CI/CD, Application Resiliency, Security).
  • Experience leading and mentoring teams in a global, collaborative environment.
  • Ability to tackle complex design and functionality problems independently and drive solutions across distributed teams.
  • Academic background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.

Nice to have

  • Experience with market data venue and vendor data platforms.
  • AWS experience; practical cloud native/cloud experience is a plus.
  • Experience with Terraform and Kubernetes for managing production environments in public cloud.
  • Strong knowledge and experience in FIX, Market Data, Analytics, OMS, and equities trading in global markets are assets.
  • Knowledge of machine learning, statistical techniques, and related libraries.

What the JD emphasized

  • Experience leveraging AI in development, analytics, or SDLC use cases is a critical enabler for this role.

Other signals

  • Leverage AI technologies and techniques to enhance data engineering workflows, automate SDLC processes, and deliver advanced analytics capabilities for trading and research.
  • Working knowledge of AI technologies (machine learning, generative AI, etc.) to support data engineering, analytics, or SDLC automation.
  • Experience leveraging AI in development, analytics, or SDLC use cases is a critical enabler for this role.