Lead Software Engineering - C++ Developer

J.P. MORGAN; London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global financial services firm as a Lead Software Engineer in London. You will be part of an agile team enhancing and delivering innovative technology products. Your expertise in C++ and system design will be crucial in developing scalable solutions for the Commercial and Investment Bank.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on C++ concepts.
• Hands-on practical C++ experience delivering system design.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical guidance and direction to support the business.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code.
• Drives decisions influencing product design and functionality.

Skills

C++

Scripting

Software and Hardware Interaction

Multithreading

Object-Oriented Development

Education

BS degree in Computer Science / Engineering

Tools

Unix/Linux

FIX Protocol

Job description

Job Description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank, specifically as part of the Electronic Trading Services team, you will play a crucial role in an agile team dedicated to enhancing, creating, and securely delivering top-notch technology products that are both sturdy and scalable. Your technical expertise and problem-solving skills will significantly influence business outcomes and tackle a broad range of challenges across diverse technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

1. Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
2. Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
3. Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
4. Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
5. Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
6. Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
7. Adds to the team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

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
• Creating and automating Test Strategies/Test Plans based on functional Testing and non-functional requirements and executing them
• Expertise in application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines
• Strong computer science fundamentals such as multithreading, object-oriented development
• Working closely with various teams including Application Development, Business Analyst & Operations

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• BS degree, preferably in Computer Science / Engineering or similar degree.
• Experience in Low Latency Design and Development 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

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, 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.

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.