Senior Lead Software Engineer - Latency-Sensitive Trading

Testing Site - JPMC

Singapore

On-site

SGD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive the design and execution of latency-sensitive components for the Markets Execute platform. You will lead a cross-functional Java and React engineering team, partnering with Product, Delivery, Sales, and Trading to own the platform's long-term technical vision, reliability, and scalability.

The role emphasizes secure-by-default practices, observability, CI/CD, and incident response, while mentoring engineers and aligning with OKRs

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent, with strong computer science foundations.
Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for mission-critical platforms.
Proven leadership of engineering teams and partnership with Product, Delivery/Program, and business stakeholders.
Expertise developing, debugging, and maintaining Java applications in large environments; strong API design.
Deep understanding of Java 17+ fundamentals, concurrency, memory management, and object-oriented design.
Experience across the full Software Development Life Cycle; exposure to Agile methodologies, CI/CD, resiliency, and security.
Proficiency with Spring/Spring Boot, microservices, Kubernetes, Linux, and networking/messaging concepts.
Strong focus on automated testing; experience with TDD/BDD, unit testing, and modern CI/CD practices.
Effective communication with technical and non-technical audiences; ability to operate in globally distributed teams.

Responsibilities

Executes and oversees end-to-end software solutions, engineering standards, architecture, and technical troubleshooting for mission-critical trading systems.
Writes secure, high-quality, and testable code in Java; collaborates on React APIs and backward-compatible rollout strategies.
Designs and builds high-performance, latency-sensitive services with awareness of upstream/downstream systems and cross-asset use cases.
Applies SDLC toolchain knowledge to improve automation, CI/CD, release governance, and operational readiness.
Leads technical analysis of client requirements, estimation and planning, code reviews, architecture design sessions, and retrospectives.
Establishes reliability goals; implements robust observability and resilience patterns; reduces MTTR and change failure rate.
Leads incident response and post-incident reviews; elevates production stability, performance, and cost-effectiveness.
Upholds secure-by-default practices (authN/authZ, secrets, dependency hygiene) and risk/control standards.
Guides platform integration contracts, versioning strategies, and deprecation paths; manages dependencies and de-risks releases.
Mentors engineers; fosters an inclusive, high-performing team culture aligned to measurable OKRs.