Location: LONDON, LONDON, United Kingdom

JPMorgan Asset Management Technology is seeking a well-rounded hands-on quantitative developer that is experienced in building systems that support the full investment management cycle. Tech stack focus is Java and/or Python ideally with AWS or other Cloud based infrastructure experience. The candidate 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. The candidate 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

• Work 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

• Support an environment/culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

• Contribute to the teams technology modernization initiatives including moving services to Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Provide support to the Quants for their research particularly in using LLMs for portfolio construction 

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience and recognized expert in Java and/or Python 

• At least 5 years of experience in a financial service environment with a focus in finance front-office applications.

• Background of working with AWS or other cloud platforms

• Solid foundation in computer science, object-oriented design and development lifecycle

• Good experience with SQL, data modeling, and performance tuning

• Strong architecture experience, familiar with backend service-oriented architecture

• Experience of working in financial services, in a front-office environment
• Very pro-active, delivery focus, strong experience on Agile programming
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills
• Good understanding of different financial instruments

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Statistical background is a plus 
• CFA, FRM, CQF, MBA or a Financial Engineering degree is a major plus

Associate Quantitative Portfolio Construction software developer. Tech stack focus is Java and/or Python.