Senior Lead Software Engineer - KDB+ / Q Vice President

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services leader is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their team in Camden Town. This role involves developing scalable, high-quality production code and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver cutting-edge market technology solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with KDB technology and a strong background in agile methodologies, ensuring the reliability and performance of data applications.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience using KDB.
• Deep understanding of KDB+tick design and data organization.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design.

Responsibilities

• Develop real-time processing solutions using agile methodologies.
• Build secure high-quality production code and review/debug code.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate recurring issues.

Skills

KDB technology

Agile methodologies

Automation

CI/CD

Application Resiliency

Education

Software engineering concepts certification

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Python

Java

C/C++

Job description

Job Overview

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. Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect. Develop core systems and frameworks based on KDB. Lead team members via book of work management. Improve team through SDLC, testing and continuous improvement of coding standards. Develop scalable real-time processing solutions using agile methodology. Partner with stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver solutions. Partner with the application support teams to maintain and support the platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop scalable real-time processing solutions using agile methodology.
• Partner with stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver solutions.
• Partner with the application support teams to maintain and support the platform.
• Lead the team through SDLC, testing and continuous improvement of coding standards.
• Build secure high-quality production code and review/debug code written by others.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues.
• Lead communities of practice to promote new leading-edge technologies.

Required Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience.
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security Development.
• Deep understanding of KDB technology and Q language.
• At least 7 years of professional experience using KDB, with at least an additional 2 years as a Lead.
• Deep understanding of KDB+tick design and data organization, performance implications of different approaches.
• Practical experience developing/running large datasets and optimizing query performance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with market data venue and vendor data platforms.
• AWS experience.
• Experience in Terraform and Kubernetes from managing a Production Plant in public cloud.
• Experience with other languages e.g. Python/C/C++/Java.
• Experience building resilient and high‑availability KDB applications.

About the Team

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 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.

Job Details

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, 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. You will be responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives. Working within the Data Analytics team, you will be responsible for applications that store large amounts of cross‑asset market data using KDB technology for real‑time and historical access. This is an exciting time as we migrate to AWS, re‑architect our applications and build‑out greenfield projects.