Lead Software Engineer- Low Latency Trading

Testing Site - JPMC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City, NJ, seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join the Low Latency trading group. You will contribute technically across multiple areas, guide compute infrastructure, and drive secure, scalable software solutions for market-leading products.

Responsibilities include server hardware strategy, automation, code reviews, and collaboration with vendors and business lines to solve complex latency-sensitive problems in a production environment.

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in software engineering and operations.
• Experience delivering system design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Knowledge of IPv4 networking and OSI model.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborates with Lines of Business to address compute needs in a low-latency trading environment.
• Directs strategies for server hardware, OS tuning, and automation.
• Designs Authority for the compute infrastructure stack and lifecycle management.
• Interfaces with vendors and internal teams on roadmaps and architectures.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews others' code.
• Identifies automation opportunities to improve stability and reliability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors and startups on architecture.
• Leads communities of practice to promote new technologies.

Skills

System design

Application development

CI/CD

Cloud native

Agile methodologies

Networking (IPv4)

Programming languages

Tools

Chef

Ansible

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 a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Low Latency trading group, 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. 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

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• 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
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 7 years experience
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

• Understanding of IPv4 networking, including OSI model, unicast/broadcast/multicast, routing, and network segregation mechanisms

• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In‑depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Understanding of IPv4 networking, including OSI model, unicast/broadcast/multicast, routing, and network segregation mechanisms
• Extensive experience with Configuration Management, preferably Chef or Ansible