Software Engineer III - Python/Front Office Commodities

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Athena/ Python Front Office Software Engineer III at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Banking - Precious Metals and Agriculture - Commodities Technology team you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

- Works closely with Precious Metals/Agriculture Trading, Quantitative Research, Sales, Middle Office, and other technology teams to gather requirements and deliver reliable and impactful solutions

- Designs, develops and maintains trading applications and systems used by Front Office

- Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity across complex deliverables (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards; contributes learnings and reusable patterns to improve broader team effectiveness.

- Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

- Troubleshoots production issues efficiently in a time-sensitive environment

- Continuously improves code quality, performance and system resilience by developing secure and high-quality production code, and reviewing and debugging code written by others

- Collaborates with global technology teams seamlessly and work in an agile manner

- Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

- Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

- Experience in performant, large-scale system development in an object-oriented or functional language such as Python, Java, etc.

- Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

- Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g. Cloud, object-oriented programming, full stack development - end to end, quantitative finance)

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Enthusiastic to keep learning and growing, in technical aptitude and business understanding

- Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, test creation, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate, validate, and refine AI-generated outputs for correctness, performance, and security.

- Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; ability to guide peers on safe and effective usage within team practices.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

- Software development experience in commodities, finance, or investment banking preferred, or willingness to rapidly learn the business domain

- Willingness to become proficient and develop in Python, if not already a primary language

- Ability to collaborate with other technology teams to deliver end to end solutions to the business in a constantly changing environment

- Excellent communication skills and ability to work directly with both business users and engineers