Lead Software Engineer - Java/Fintech

Testing Site - JPMC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Jersey City invites a software engineer to join the Equity Derivative Group. You will contribute to building, transforming, and supporting our global equity derivatives sales and marketing platforms using modern technologies in an Agile environment.

You'll collaborate with engineers, analysts, and product teams to implement business requirements, apply design patterns, and deliver robust software across the full lifecycle for financial systems.

Qualifications

• Experience with Java/JVM and the Java/JVM ecosystem.
• Good understanding of software design patterns and clean code practices.
• Experience working on financial systems.
• Experience partnering with product and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with engineers, business analysts, project managers, and sales and marketers to develop software solutions for our Equity Derivatives platform.
• Works within a team of software engineers analyzing and implementing business requirements within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Works closely with production management applying technical knowledge to support business processes, changes, and end users.

Skills

Java/JVM

End-to-end lifecycle

Design patterns

Communication skills

Financial systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Team collaboration

Tools

Spring

Web Services

Messaging

NoSQL/Big Data Databases

Cloud technologies

Java 11+

Kotlin/Scala

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 an Equity Derivative Group software engineer at JPMorgan Chase within our agile team, you will join us in creating, transforming, and supporting our global equity derivatives sales & marketing platforms using modern technologies and industry best practices.

Job responsibilities

• Collaborates with engineers, business analysts, project managers, and sales and marketers to develop software solutions for our Equity Derivatives platform
• Works within a team of software engineers analyzing and implementing business requirements within an Agile/Scrum environment
• Works closely with production management applying technical knowledge to support business processes, changes, and end users

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with Java/JVM and the Java/JVM ecosystem
• Well-rounded software engineering skills across end-to-end software lifecycle
• Good understanding of software design patterns and clean code practices
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Experience working on financial systems
• Experience partnering with product and engineering teams
• Able to work on a diverse team

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with object-oriented design and micro-service architectures and best practices
• Experience with finance / derivative products
• Experience with the Java ecosystem including Spring, Web Services, and Messaging
• Experience with NoSQL / Big Data Databases and Cloud technologies
• Experience with Java 11+ and / or additional JVM languages like Kotlin/Scala
• Exceptional client relationship skills including the ability to discover true requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical approaches, and or drive efforts to meet committed timelines with optimal solutions