Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm in England seeks a Lead Software Engineer within the Electronic Trading Technology Connectivity team. This role involves developing market-leading technology products and performing software development, DevOps, and project management. Candidates should have deep expertise in trading technology and coding languages like Python, Java, or C++. A commitment to team culture and operational stability is crucial.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Financial Information Exchange (FIX) and equities trading technology.
• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, and operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions and technical troubleshooting.
• Develop secure, high-quality code and conduct reviews.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate recurring issues.

Skills

Financial Information Exchange (FIX)

Software engineering concepts

System design

Application development

Python

Java

C++

Automation

Agile methodologies

Job description

Overview

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Electronic Trading Technology Connectivity team, 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. The team is responsible for connecting clients to trading venues across EMEA. The role entails software development, DevOps, project management, client onboarding, testing, and release management. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

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 code, and tests, 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
• Implement end-to-end setup for clientsincluding rollout to production, and post-release checks
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, clients and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Expertise in Financial InformationeXchange(FIX) and equities trading technology
• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficient in one or more of Python, bash,Javaor C++
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Linux
• Networking