Senior Lead Engineer - Low-Latency Trading Platform

J.P. Morgan; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Electronic Trading Services Platforms team. This role requires extensive experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on innovation and technical project delivery.

The selected candidate will lead technology implementations, collaborate directly with business lines to resolve technical challenges, and provide mentorship to other technical teams while influencing strategy.

Ideal candidates will have a rigorous background in computer science and extensive knowledge of networking and cloud technologies, alongside their experience in a fast-paced trading environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in software engineering.
• Formal training or certification in software engineering.
• Experience leading or guiding technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead technology implementations to achieve technology objectives.
• Work with business lines to address compute needs.
• Direct strategies for server platform and infrastructure.
• Act as Design Authority for compute stack.
• Govern coding decisions and maintain measure of success.

Skills

10+ years of software engineering experience

Understanding of IPv4 networking

Configuration Management (Chef or Ansible)

Experience leading cross-functional teams

Cloud native experience

Expertise in Computer Science or related fields

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Linux (preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux)

PostgreSQL

Job description

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Electronic Trading Services Platforms team. This role requires extensive experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on innovation and technical project delivery.

The selected candidate will lead technology implementations, collaborate directly with business lines to resolve technical challenges, and provide mentorship to other technical teams while influencing strategy.

Ideal candidates will have a rigorous background in computer science and extensive knowledge of networking and cloud technologies, alongside their experience in a fast-paced trading environment.