Lead C++ Software Engineer, Equities Trading Technologies

JPMorganChase; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to enhance and develop technology products in the Commercial and Investment Bank. The successful candidate will have 5+ years of experience, particularly in C/C++, and will be responsible for delivering high-quality applications. Key responsibilities include coding, managing releases, and collaborating across teams to promote best practices. The firm values diversity and inclusion, providing a collaborative environment for all employees.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied experience in software engineering.
• Independently manage tasks from requirements gathering to deployment.
• Experience primarily in trading-based applications in Linux.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality scripts and code modifications.
• Manage changes for applications and environments.
• Promote reliability through communication and best practices.

Skills

C/C++ development

Kotlin/Python knowledge

Problem-solving

Configuration management

Collaboration with teams

Application development support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Formal training or certification in engineering

Tools

Jenkins

Splunk

Grafana

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.

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 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.