Rates Athena Pricing Service Developer at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in New York, New York

Job Description:

Trading Systems - Athena Front Office Developer

Our team develops and supports real time pricing, market making, trade capture and risk and P&L management applications for the Interest Rate Derivatives trading desks under CIB. The team works with these businesses directly and interfaces with the traders, marketers, Middle Office, Market Risk and QR to gather requirements and build robust solutions in our in-house end to end trading system (Athena), developed in Python. This is a critical area of revenue generation and competitive advantage where accuracy, performance and reliability are key elements.

We are seeing a developer to join our pricing API team, to work directly with Front Office and quant users and to enhance our product offering. The successful candidate will join a small team working to improve efficiency and speed of analytics implementations and build out real-time pricing capabilities for varied derivatives products.

Key Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for full lifecycle of development tasks - analyze, design and code business-related solutions, as well as core architectural changes, using an Agile programming approach resulting in software delivered to tight deadlines;
• Make modifications to existing software applications and modules in accordance with high-level specifications, department design patterns and best practices, and industry standards;
• Participate in global code review, testing, QA, Level 3 support and training of new implementations;
• Actively communicate with users (both FO and MO), QR and peer Technology / Operate teams;
• Assume ownership of particular tasks, work to understand business context and impact, and prioritize effectively.

Degree and Key Experience Requirements

Degree: Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field.

Experience: Candidates will typically have 1-5 years' programming experience in a major Object Oriented language such as Java, C/C++ or Python (preferred).

Qualifications

• Strong experience and a proven track record in Object Oriented development;
• Experience or familiarity with basic principles of pricing financial products, especially fixed income securities including options, and trading/risk management processes;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to communicate accurately, concisely and effectively in a global organization;
• Experience of a project life-cycle, including breaking requirements down into technical deliverables and estimating the work required;
• Confident nature; willing and able to work on a trading floor;
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with demanding sponsors and stakeholders;
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure to solve time-critical problems;
• Successful time management skills to complete assigned tasks within agreed timelines and to support multiple tasks in parallel;
• Self-starter with proven ability to produce end results with minimal assistance;
• Control oriented;
• Attention to detail with high level of accuracy.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

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