Senior Lead Software Engineering - C++ low latency

PVH (Tommy Hilfiger/Calvin Klein); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Chicago is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join the eTrading team, delivering trusted market-leading technology in a secure, scalable way. You will guide design and implementation, advance AI-assisted development practices, and mentor engineers while collaborating across business and technology groups.

This role emphasizes architecture, reliability, and impact in a fast-paced financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts with 10+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced knowledge of programming languages C and C++.
• Experience leading use of enterprise AI-assisted development tools and setting expectations for AI output validation.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, secure handling, resiliency and security.
• Advanced knowledge across cloud, AI/ML, mobile, or related technical disciplines.
• Ability to tackle design problems independently with minimal oversight.
• Practical cloud-native experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical guidance to business and teams including contractors and vendors.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews others' code.
• Drives product design decisions and operational processes.
• Acts as a subject matter expert across focused areas and contributes to SDLC tooling and practices.
• Influences peers and decision-makers to adopt leading-edge technologies.
• Promotes team culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect.
• Advances AI-assisted engineering practices with measurable validation standards and reuse.

Skills

Software engineering

C/C++

AI-assisted tools

Cloud native

Problem solving

Independent work

Security & resilience

Technical leadership

Broad tech discipline

Tools

AI-assisted development tools

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that’s constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - eTrading team, 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors


• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others


• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes


• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus


• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle


• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies


• Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect


• Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.


• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering* concepts and 10+ years applied experience


• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability


• Advanced knowledge and demonstrated skills in in programming languages C and C++


• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (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 senior engineers/leads on compliant usage patterns and controls.


• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)


• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight


• Practical cloud native experience


• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands on experience working within Financial Services Industry

ABOUT US

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity