Software Engineer Commodities UK

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• 2+ years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Math, or equivalent training and relevant experience
• Hands-on practical 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 or Java
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes, with in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines such as cloud, object-oriented programming, full stack development, or quantitative finance
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Strong understanding of end-to-end business processes
• Enthusiasm to keep learning and growing in technical aptitude and business understanding
• Previous software engineering team management experience
• Preferred: experience in commodities, finance, or investment banking, or willingness to rapidly learn the business domain
• Preferred: willingness to become proficient in Python if it is not already a primary language
• Preferred: excellent interpersonal skills to interact confidently and credibly with business users and agree requirements and prioritization

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Trading, Quantitative Research, Sales, and Middle Office teams to deliver quality code in a fast-paced environment
• Serve as a Senior Software Engineer within the Base Metals team, driving the design, development, and delivery of applications for risk management, pricing, trade capture, and physical commodities operations
• Provide technical guidance and direction to support our business teams, technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develop secure and high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others
• Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Promote and drive cross-functional collaboration with Core Technology teams and business teams to deliver innovative, scalable solutions
• Contribute to our engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and Software Development Life Cycle practices
• Influence peers and project decision-makers to consider leading-edge technologies
• Add to our team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Technologies:

• Cloud
• Support
• Java
• Python

More:

We are part of J.P. Morgan Chase within our Commercial and Investment Banking Base Metals and Commodities Technology team, delivering trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. We work in an agile environment and partner with global teams to support risk management, pricing, trade capture, and physical commodities operations. We are a global leader in financial services and commercial and investment banking, serving corporations, governments, institutions, wealthy individuals, and investors in more than 100 countries. We value diversity and inclusion, offer reasonable accommodations where needed, and are committed to building trusted, long-term partnerships with our clients.

last updated 34 week of 2026