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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Asset and Wealth management line of business, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

We are seeking a well-rounded hands-on quantitative developer that is experienced in building systems that support the full investment management cycle with the main focus on full stack development using Python, Java and AI/LLM tools. You will be part of the front-office technology team and have good business knowledge and communication skills to work with the stakeholders and develop functional specifications. You will be joining a high-performance, award-winning team who build applications that support the investment management cycle including research, portfolio management and investment.

Job responsibilities:

• Works closely with portfolio managers to develop portfolio construction/optimization applications
• Develop an understanding of the data loads and processes related to portfolio construction in the system
• Provide support for the teams existing portfolio construction services and applications
• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Contribute to the team’s technology modernization initiatives including moving services to Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced skills in Python, Java, and LLM/AI tools
• Strengths in UI development using React with Typescript.
• Proven business skills in understanding wealth management, portfolio management and associated analytics
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills - Practical cloud native experience