Sr Manager of Software Engineering -Front Office developer

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JOB DESCRIPTION

When you mentor and advise multiple technical teams and move financial technologies forward, it's a big challenge with big impact. You were made for this. 

As a Senior Manager of Software Engineering at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Commodities Systematic Trading desk, you work side-by-side with Traders and Functional leads to turn day-to-day desk processes into intuitive, reliable, front-office-grade applications. You will deliver front-to-back workflow solutions that orchestrate the trade lifecycle - execution â booking â pricing â risk/P&L â reporting - partnering across the Athena ecosystem and related platforms to ensure workflows are integrated, controlled, and production ready.

Job responsibilities

• Build desk workflow applications that traders rely on: Partner closely with Trading and Functional leads (in person and remotely) to identify workflow pain points, design user journeys, define acceptance criteria, and deliver tooling that improves speed, clarity, and control for the desk.
• Own end-to-end delivery for workflow features: Drive features from concept to production across the SDLC - requirements, design, build, automated testing (unit/integration/contract), release, and ongoing support - ensuring high usability and operational robustness.
• Front-to-back integration through Athena and partner systems: Implement workflow orchestration across Athena and partnering platforms (booking, pricing, positions, risk, P&L, reporting). Coordinate dependencies across multiple teams to land clean, aligned releases.
• Hands-on engineering with "go sort it out" ownership: Deliver high-quality software (Python preferred) and rapidly diagnose/resolve issues with minimal guidance - root cause, fix forward, and improvements to prevent recurrence.
• AI-enabled, spec-driven workflow engineering (day-to-day): Use AI to accelerate real delivery by converting desk requirements into executable workflow specs (BDD-style scenarios), UI/API/event/data contracts, integration mappings, and automated tests - keeping documentation living, changes reviewable, and behavior traceable from requirement to release.
• Technical leadership on a global team: Mentor engineers, lead code/design reviews, raise engineering standards, and build strong partnerships across a globally distributed engineering organization.
• Sets and scales operating practices for enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering and SDLC/TLM automation across multiple teams to improve delivery speed, quality, and operational outcomes; establishes measurable expectations (e.g., throughput, defect reduction, reliability) and ensures consistent validation, security, resiliency, and reuse of proven patterns.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to drive efficiency and support capacity unlock initiatives across teams, prioritizing reuse of existing firm technology assets .
• Creates a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect for team members and prioritizes diverse representation

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience

• Strong fundamentals, system design, testing strategy, operability, secure coding, performance
• Experience leading teams of technologists
• Prior experience partnering with Front Office / Trading; able to operate effectively with rapid feedback loops and high ownership.
• Strong software engineering background in a Python-based stack.
• Strong communication skills; ability to influence and align with Trading/Functional leads and partner teams in person and remotely.
• Demonstrated ownership mindset: independently taking ambiguous problems, investigating, driving decisions, and delivering production outcomes.
• Proven technical leadership (mentoring, design/code reviews, raising team standards).
• Experience leading multi-team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and delivery tools, including defining governance/ways of working (human-in-the-loop validation, quality gates), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, resiliency/security implications, and control expectations; ability to coach managers/leads and influence leaders on safe scaling patterns.
• Experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and expertise in technology disciplines

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in Commodities Front Office Technology, ideally supporting systematic/quant desks and trader workflows.
• Experience across deal booking, pricing, and risk systems such as SecDb, Quartz, Athena, RICE (or equivalent platforms).
• Track record delivering front-to-back workflow integrations across execution, booking, pricing, positions, risk, P&L, and reporting in a multi-team environment.
• Strong UI/tooling experience (e.g., React/TypeScript and/or similar) and test automation for workflow-critical systems.

ABOUT US

JPMorganChase, 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 offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process. 

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.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

ABOUT THE TEAM

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.