Senior Lead Software Engineer — Real-Time KDB Systems

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 176,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City, NJ is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer within the Commercial & Investment Bank's Electronic Trading Technology team. You will lead an agile group delivering trusted, scalable market-wide technology products with deep KDB expertise and secure production practices.

The role emphasizes real-time processing, SDLC optimization, and mentoring, with a focus on high-availability systems and collaboration across teams and vendors.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in KDB and Q language.
• Proficiency in automation and CI/CD; knowledge of security practices.
• Development lead and mentoring experience: planning, estimation, and delivery.
• Deep understanding of KDB and KDB+ tick design; performance optimization.
• Experience with large datasets and query optimization.
• Experience scaling KDB applications for high availability.
• Knowledge of cloud, AI, and machine learning concepts is a plus.
• Background in CS/CE/Math or related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance to business and teams; coordinates with contractors and vendors.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews others' work.
• Performs core development of KDB-based systems and framework components.
• Leads team via work planning; improves SDLC, testing, and coding standards.
• Develops scalable real-time processing solutions using agile methods.
• Drove decisions influencing product design and operations.
• Acts as subject matter expert across focus areas.
• Contributes to engineering community; promotes firmwide frameworks and tools.
• Influences peers on adoption of leading-edge technologies.
• Promotes diversity, inclusion, and a respectful team culture.

Skills

KDB

Q language

CI/CD

Automation

Agile methodologies

Team leadership

Mentoring

Security

Cloud

Data processing

Education

Computer Science

Computer Engineering

Mathematics

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City, NJ is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer within the Commercial & Investment Bank's Electronic Trading Technology team. You will lead an agile group delivering trusted, scalable market-wide technology products with deep KDB expertise and secure production practices.

The role emphasizes real-time processing, SDLC optimization, and mentoring, with a focus on high-availability systems and collaboration across teams and vendors.