DevOps, Integration Specialist for Electronic Trading - Senior Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City is looking for a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join the Equities Electronic Trading team. You will help build and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, scalable way.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, automation, and testing across front, middle, and back-office systems, working in an agile environment with stakeholders and clients.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, development, testing, and stability.
• Cloud native experience and scripting to automate tasks (Shell/Perl/Python).
• Experience across front/mid/back-office integrations and CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a framework for continuous integration environments and drive adoption.
• Automate testing processes and manual workflows to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Integrate with trading front office, middle office and back office systems.
• Manage release processes, provide environment support, and production support as needed.
• Conduct client, venue certification, and connectivity for various exchanges and markets.
• Test and validate applications and end-to-end integration.
• Collaborate with Application Development, Business Analyst & Operations teams.

Skills

Unix scripting

Python

Java

Automation

Cloud

Shell scripting

CI/CD

Testing frameworks

Problem solving

Education

Formal software engineering training or certification

Experience in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Kdb/Q

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Banking's Equities Electronic Trading team, 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

The Electronic Trading Group is a dynamic and expanding technology team focused on delivering timely testing solutions to meet the growing demands of our business. We are seeking a DevOps / Integration Specialist to join our Global Equities Electronic Trading team. This role is pivotal in setting up and maintaining a continuous integration environment and providing robust testing solutions for our electronic trading applications including Smart Order Router, Market Access, DMA/Sponsored DMA, Risk Controls and Internal Matching Engine.

Job responsibilities

• Develop and implement a framework for continuous integration environments, driving its adoption and evolution.


• Automate testing processes and any manual workflows to enhance efficiency and accuracy.


• Integrate with various trading front office, middle office and back office system


• Manage release processes, provide environment support, and offer production support as needed.


• Conduct client, venue certification, and connectivity for various exchanges, markets, and dark pools.


• Test and validate individual applications and end-to-end integration.


• Works very closely with stake holders and clients and update, configure, change the trading application and downstream peripherals.


• Carry out Client , Venue Certification and Connectivity for various exchanges/markets/dark pools


• Working with various teams including Application Development, Business Analyst & Operations

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering* concepts and 5+ years applied experience


• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability


• Advanced knowledge of programming language(s) - Unix scripting, Python, and Java programming languages for Automation, Monitoring and Surveillance


• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)


• Scripting skills to automate day-to-day development and testing and integration tasks (Shell/Perl/Python)


• Creating and automating Test Strategies/Test Plans based on functional Testing and non-functional requirements and Executing them


• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight


• Practical cloud native experience


• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Electronic trading exposure with knowledge in trading protocols such as FIX is desirable


• Knowledge of Equities Trading Stack – Order Management Systems, ALGO, Smart Order Routers, Dark Pools, Equities exchange protocols


• Knowledge of kdb/q is a plus