Senior Lead Software Engineer C++

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

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As a Senior Lead Software Engineer C++ at JPMorgan Chase within the Electronic Market Making group, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for building critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

Team Overview:

The Electronic Market Making (EMM) group is a dynamic team responsible for a suite of applications that execute and market make listed options and warrants with a global presence spanning North America, Europe and Asia. The group's responsibilities include the design, implementation and support of various trading platforms which requires close collaboration with trading desks and business partners, as well as middle and back-office teams.

Job Responsibilities:

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies.
• Acts as a front office developer interacting closely with the desk.
• Works on a wide range of deliverables, from frameworks and infrastructure to trading engines and algos.
• Participates in all aspects of the software development cycle, from requirement gathering and design documents to implementation, integration and testing.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient advanced experience.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in the C++ programming language (C++20).
• Excellent analytical skills (i.e. problem solving) and pragmatism.
• Risk averse.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Experience of working in a front office environment within financial services.
• Strong knowledge of C++, Python, Git.