Director of Software Engineering - DevOps / Futures & Options Execution Technology

慨正橡扯; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

慨正橡扯 is looking for a Director of Software Engineer in Jersey City, NJ, to lead an Execution DevOps team within the Commercial and Investment Banking sector. This high-impact role focuses on driving automation and resiliency for trading platforms, ensuring operational excellence, and leveraging AI for innovation.

With over 10 years of experience in software engineering and a strong background in system design, the ideal candidate will establish standards and drive the adoption of CI/CD practices across teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years applied experience in software engineering concepts.
• 5+ years experience leading technical teams.
• Proven hands-on experience with system design and operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Set DevOps strategy for the execution platform.
• Design and implement CI frameworks and environments.
• Automate software delivery lifecycle and improve operational readiness.

Skills

Advanced programming expertise

Deep knowledge in software engineering processes

Strong scripting skills

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Unix scripting

Python

Java

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Director of Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Banking's Equities Futures & Options Execution Technology, you will lead a newly formed Execution DevOps team, building global DevOps coverage across Exchange Connectivity, Algorithmic Trading, and Market Data, and aligning strategy and tooling with the Order Management DevOps team. You will drive resiliency, automation, CI/CD, testing, and rapid recovery to support an always-on (24/7) trading operating model, leveraging AI-enabled innovation to improve stability and speed of change. Own mission-critical execution reliability - where seconds matter - building AI-powered automation and near-zero-downtime resiliency for global markets.

We are in the midst of a significant multi-year investment and modernization program to build new, best-in-class, internally developed platforms - replacing a mix of legacy in-house and vendor technologies. This is a high-impact opportunity to help shape the next-generation execution platform and its operating model as the industry moves toward 24/7 continuous trading.

Operating as an independent layer from application development and integration, you will define and deliver a best-in-class model for platform resiliency, automation, and operational excellence - built to thrive in an environment where seconds of downtime matter. You will be expected to leverage AI aggressively to accelerate innovation and deliver tooling and frameworks that strengthen change management, observability, and recovery. You will be supported by existing core development teams already investing in dedicated automation and resiliency capabilities.

Job responsibilities

• Set the DevOps strategy for the execution platform, establishing standards, guardrails, and reusable patterns across teams.
• Design and implement CI frameworks and environments, driving adoption, scalability, and continuous improvement.
• Automate the software delivery lifecycle, including testing, change management, release processes, and manual operational workflows.
• Own resiliency outcomes: automate failover, improve recovery time, and raise operational readiness across services.
• Test and validate individual applications and end-to-end integrations across execution, connectivity, and market data.
• Partner closely with stakeholders and clients to configure, update, and evolve trading applications and downstream components.
• Collaborate across Application Development, Integration, Business Analysis, and Production Management to deliver stable, production-grade outcomes.

Required qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience. In addition, 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise; hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proven, hands‑on experience with system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced programming expertise, including Unix scripting, Python, and Java, focused on automation, monitoring, and surveillance.
• Deep knowledge in software engineering processes and one or more technical domains (e.g., cloud, AI/ML, etc.).
• Strong scripting skills for automating development, testing, and integration tasks (Shell/Perl/Python).
• Experience creating and automating test strategies and test plans (functional and non‑functional) and executing them in production‑grade environments.
• Ability to solve design and functionality problems independently with minimal oversight.
• Practical cloud‑native experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with electronic trading, including protocols such as FIX.
• Familiarity with the Equities trading stack (Order Management Systems, algorithms, internalization).
• Exposure to Futures & Options trading environments and market structure.
• Knowledge of kdb/q.

EEO Statement

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.