Lead C++ Software Engineer, Equities Trading Technologies

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to enhance and deliver high-quality technology products. This role involves developing solutions across various business functions with responsibilities including scripting, managing releases, and fostering collaboration within an agile team. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and over 5 years of experience in software engineering, specifically with proficiency in C/C++ and related technologies. Opportunities to mentor team members and contribute to critical infrastructure solutions are included in this position.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied experience in engineering concepts.
• Ability to manage tasks from requirement gathering to deployment.
• Experience in trading-based applications in Linux.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality scripts and code modifications.
• Manage changes for applications and environments.
• Investigate issues reported by Production Management.

Skills

C/C++ development

Kotlin/Python knowledge

Configuration management

Continuous integration

Large-scale distributed systems

Monitoring tools (Splunk, Grafana)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Jenkins

Job description

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 JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank, your role will be pivotal in an agile team. You will be tasked with enhancing, architecting, and delivering high-quality technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. As a significant technical contributor, your responsibilities will encompass developing essential technology solutions across diverse technical domains within various business functions, all aimed at bolstering the firm’s business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality scripts and code modifications to support the application
• Execute and automate the release process and manage changes for applications and environments.
• Actively contribute to the engineering community by advocating firmwide frameworks, tools, and Software Development Life Cycle practices.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, platform, and application subject matter experts to promote reliability through communication and sharing best practices.
• Investigate issues reported by Production Management

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification in engineering concepts with 5+ years of applied experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Proficiency in C/C++ development; knowledge of Kotlin/Python is advantageous.
• Ability to independently address design and functionality problems with minimal oversight, managing tasks from requirements gathering to deployment and maintenance.
• Proficient with configuration management, build tools, and continuous integration environments such as Jenkins.
• Experience in identifying problem or opportunity areas, developing and implementing necessary fixes and changes, and championing new technologies/processes from design to production.
• Expertise in implementing and managing high-availability infrastructure solutions with automatic failover, and designing, building, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
• Effective collaboration with teams such as Site Reliability Engineering, Product Management, DevOps, and Lead Software Engineers, and experience in mentoring and guiding team members constructively across various disciplines.
• Demonstrated proficiency in application development and support for associated infrastructure, with experience primarily in trading-based applications in Linux.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience with Electronic Trading and FIX protocol necessary
• Knowledge of equities, futures, and options exchange connectivity in global markets is desirable
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk and Grafana.