Senior Lead Software Engineer, Options Algorithmic Trading

Next Frontier Capital; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join the Markets Technology group within Electronic Trading Technology. You will work on order management, trade execution, market data, and risk management systems, focusing on algorithmic trading engines for options instruments.

You will lead technologists, drive design decisions, and contribute to a scalable, secure trading platform with low-latency performance goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, plus 2+ years in a leadership role guiding technologists.

Responsibilities

• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews code written by others.
• Designs and refactors to improve performance and reliability of trading systems.
• Collaborates with product teams to translate trading strategies into scalable algorithms.
• Mentors engineers and provides technical guidance to teams and contractors.
• Explores leading-edge technologies and shapes SDLC practices across the team.
• Designs and implements algorithmic trading strategies for options in a low-touch environment.

Skills

Java

Algorithms

Multithreading

Cloud

Financial markets

FIX

Education

CS/Engineering/Math degree

Tools

Kafka

AMPS

Job description

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join the Markets Technology group within Electronic Trading Technology. You will work on order management, trade execution, market data, and risk management systems, focusing on algorithmic trading engines for options instruments.

You will lead technologists, drive design decisions, and contribute to a scalable, secure trading platform with low-latency performance goals.