Director of Software Engineering - C++ - Global Head of Derivatives Exchange Connectivity

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Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks a Director of Software Engineering to lead a global team focused on enhancing technology products. The role demands strong technical expertise in C++, leadership skills, and the ability to influence strategic decisions. This position offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on C++ concepts.
• Hands-on practical C++ experience delivering system design.
• Experience in designing low latency applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong technical guidance and direction.
• Ensure solutions are compliant with regulatory standards.
• Drive decisions that influence product design and functionality.

Skills

C++

Unix/Linux

Scripting

Multithreading

Object-oriented development

Education

BS degree in Computer Science / Engineering

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

As a Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank, specifically as part of the 100+ F&O Execution Technology team, you will hold a pivotal leadership role. You will be accountable to the wider Derivatives Execution leadership, playing a crucial role in an agile team dedicated to enhancing, creating, and securely delivering top-notch technology products that are both robust and scalable. Your leadership, technical expertise, and problem-solving skills will significantly influence business outcomes and address a broad range of challenges across diverse technologies and applications.

Based in London at 25 Bank Street, you will work closely with the F&O technology and business leadership in the region as well as the wider global group. You will lead a team of 8 C++ engineers across Singapore, India, and New Jersey, and manage 5 Exchange Integration/DevOps engineers in London and Houston. Your leadership will be instrumental in building out a full global derivatives exchange connectivity platform to service both agency client flow and internal needs from other JPM lines of business. You will drive strategic decision-making, balancing the development of best-in-breed in-house technologies with the selective use of competitive vendor offerings where appropriate.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide strong technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors. Your leadership will be crucial in making key architectural decisions, not only within the exchange layer but also within the wider trading stack.
• Form strong partnerships with other groups within derivatives, cash, and wider areas, mapping out opportunities for technology synergies. Your ability to influence and collaborate will be key to driving innovation and efficiency.
• Ensure that solutions are fully compliant with critical global regulatory reporting, surveillance, and control mandates as they evolve. Your leadership will ensure adherence to compliance standards and best practices.
• Develop secure and high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others. Your leadership will foster a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes. Your leadership will shape the future of technology within the organization.
• Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus, actively contributing to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Influence peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies. Your leadership will champion innovation and the adoption of new technologies.
• Add to the team culture of diversity, equity, and respect. Your leadership will promote a positive and inclusive work environment.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Formal training or certification on C++ concepts and proficient advanced experience.
• Hands-on practical C++ experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in C++ on Unix/Linux operating systems.
• Scripting skills to automate day-to-day development and testing tasks.
• Excellent understanding of software and hardware interaction.
• Expertise in application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines.
• Strong computer science fundamentals such as multithreading, object-oriented development.
• Ability to work closely with various teams including Application Development, Business Analyst & Operations.

Qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• BS degree, preferably in Computer Science / Engineering or similar degree.
• Experience in designing and developing low latency applications using C++ and C.
• Experience in configuring, testing, and integrating C++ applications into a Linux environment.
• Design, develop, test, and support various Market Access trading and risk management modules in C/C++.
• Working knowledge of FIX protocol.
• Experience in low latency connectivity to Futures and Options markets e.g., Eurex, CME, and ICE.
• Order management experience with Multileg products in Futures and Options products.

About Us

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, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, or disability. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

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.