Lead Software Engineer- Java, Equities Derivatives Front Office Flow Technology

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the Equities Derivatives Front Office Flow Technology Team. You will contribute to agile delivery, build trusted market-leading technology, and integrate AI-assisted practices to enhance code quality and delivery speed.

The role involves designing scalable Java services, APIs, and front-end interfaces, with emphasis on secure coding, testing, and cross-functional collaboration across North America, EMEA, and APAC.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading AI-assisted software development tools and validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows and secure handling of data.

Responsibilities

• Develop Java services integrated in end-to-end processing of derivative products.
• Build and maintain AI-enabled engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery speed.
• Design and build AI agents and pipelines to automate software development, testing, and operations.
• Support integration of AI capabilities with Java services and trading front-end applications.
• Create scalable, secure cloud-based solutions deployed globally.
• Code and design robust APIs for data persistence and business logic.
• Develop front-end desktop apps using JavaScript and C# to interface with Java services.
• Participate in code reviews and share knowledge within the team.

Skills

5+ years software experience

AI-assisted engineering

Secure coding

OO design

Unit testing

Global team collaboration

Full SDLC

Education

Software engineering certification

Tools

Java

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Job Description:

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Equities Derivatives Front Office Flow Technology Team, youare 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Work with subject matter experts to develop solutions that meet business the business requirements.
• Develop Java services integrated in the end to end processing of the derivative products.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
• Design and build AI agents and agentic pipelines to automate software development, testing, and operational workflows.
• Support integration of AI capabilities with Java services and front-end trading applications.
• Build a stable, efficient, scalable cloud based solution which will be deployed globally.
• Design and code a significant amount of a robust, secure and efficient API to persist / retrieve data and implement the business logic
• Build JavaScript and C# front-end desktop applications to interface with the Java services
• Participation in code reviews and sharing of knowledge with other members of the team.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
• Strong OO design skills with good knowledge of object modelling and design patterns
• Experience with development, deployment and maintenance of commercial service oriented application(s)
• Disciplined approach to code management, testing and deployment practices and high quality delivery
• Understanding of how to effectively utilize unit testing
• Great problem solving skills for problems with a mathematical/technological background
• Ability to work in a fast paced team oriented environment
• Ability to work effectively within a global team (spread across North America, EMEA, APAC etc.) while influencing and contributing towards the development of the global platform
• Experience of full project lifecycle, breaking requirements down into technical deliverables and effort estimation

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Knowledge of Java. Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Docker or other Cloud technologies
• Business knowledge of simple derivative products (vanilla options, variance swaps, strategies involving vanillas): how these are used, how to price them, how to evaluate risk exposure using Greeks
• Exposure to NoSQL systems (Cassandra, MongoDB .etc.)
• Working knowledge of continuous integration and deployment processes
• Experience with project management. Experience with service oriented platforms, and a good understanding of current generation open source frameworks