Senior Lead Software Engineer – Equities Trading Platform

JPMorganChase; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Greater London is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to enhance and build technology products across global markets. You will lead the North American development team, collaborating with traders and technologists to create an execution platform. Responsibilities include designing algo trading strategies, maintaining automated tests, and enhancing existing strategies. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of experience in software engineering with skills in Java and algorithmic trading.

Benefits

Comprehensive health care coverage

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Experience with algorithmic trading and systematic trading.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop algo trading strategies and execution platform.
• Develop and maintain automated testing of strategies.
• Enhance existing strategies to improve performance.

Skills

Java

Algorithmic trading

Real-time trading systems

Low latency messaging APIs

Python

Education

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or related technical field

Tools

Jupyter/Pandas

KDB+/Q

Job description

A leading financial institution in Greater London is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to enhance and build technology products across global markets. You will lead the North American development team, collaborating with traders and technologists to create an execution platform. Responsibilities include designing algo trading strategies, maintaining automated tests, and enhancing existing strategies. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of experience in software engineering with skills in Java and algorithmic trading.