Director of Low-Latency Infrastructure Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Director of Infrastructure Software Engineering to lead a compute-focused team in a low-latency Electronic Trading environment. You will drive strategic technology directions, partner with business lines, and guide architecture, automation, and governance across platforms.

The role requires strong leadership, deep software engineering knowledge, and experience delivering scalable infrastructure solutions that align with business goals.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience.
• Understanding of IPv4 networking, including OSI model, unicast/broadcast/multicast, routing, and network segregation mechanisms
• Extensive experience with Configuration Management, preferably Chef or Ansible
• Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Experience leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager
• Practical cloud native experience
• Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Responsibilities

• Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives
• Work directly with Lines of Business to understand and address their needs and challenges within the compute space within a low-latency Electronic Trading environment
• Direct the strategies for server hardware platform, server/OS tuning and automation, and infrastructure application lifecycle
• Design Authority for the compute infrastructure application stack, including build and configuration management, and log/metric aggregation
• Interface with hardware and software vendors on product roadmaps and to establish the next generation of Electronic Trading Platform infrastructure
• Makes decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
• Carries governance accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and measures of success such as cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations
• Delivers technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domains
• Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams
• Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Skills

10+ years experience

IPv4 networking

Configuration management

Cross-functional leadership

Talent development

Product ownership

Cloud native

CS/CE/Math background

Education

CS/CE/Math-related degree

Tools

Chef

Ansible

PostgreSQL

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Director of Infrastructure Software Engineering to lead a compute-focused team in a low-latency Electronic Trading environment. You will drive strategic technology directions, partner with business lines, and guide architecture, automation, and governance across platforms.

The role requires strong leadership, deep software engineering knowledge, and experience delivering scalable infrastructure solutions that align with business goals.