Senior Associate Software Engineer- Python

JPMorgan Chase · Glasgow

About Us

Are you ready to shape the future of financial control technology? At VCGTech, you’ll collaborate with talented engineers to deliver impactful solutions that drive transparency and trust in global markets. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your skills, work with cutting-edge technology, and make a real difference in how we value and manage risk. Join a team where your ideas matter and your contributions are valued.

As a Python Software Engineer in the VCGTech team, you will design and deliver robust financial control systems that support our mission-critical Independent Revaluation Infrastructure System (IRIS). You’ll work closely with asset class and platform teams to build scalable, secure, and innovative solutions. You will help ensure the accuracy and integrity of our balance sheet, collaborating with experts across technology and finance. Your work will directly impact how we manage valuation, risk, and regulatory compliance.

Job Responsibilities

Design and develop Python applications within a large mono-repo using proprietary workflows
Implement independent price verification and valuation adjustment workflows across asset classes
Develop consensus pricing solutions integrating with external market data providers
Configure distributed compute, job scheduling, analytics integrations, and cloud storage pipelines
Write and maintain comprehensive unit, baseline, and parameterized tests
Investigate and remediate security vulnerabilities; support audit remediation efforts
Operate with a dry-run-first, confirm-before-modify, audit-everything approach on production systems
Design and maintain AI developer tooling, including prompt engineering and LLM-assisted code generation

Required qualifications, skills, and capabilities

Proficiency in Python, object oriented programming, context managers, generators, and functional programming pattern
Experience with test-driven or test-heavy development, including unit, integration, and regression testing
Understanding of security best practices, including input validation and vulnerability remediation
Experience with agentic AI and prompt engineering, including LLM-based code development

Preferred Qualifications

Background in financial services, derivatives pricing, market data, or valuation concepts
Experience with distributed compute or job scheduling systems
Knowledge of reactive or event-driven programming

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

Join us to build production-critical Python platforms that power independent valuation and financial control across global markets.

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