Sr Director of Software Engineering - Order Management System / Java

TwinThread; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

TwinThread is looking for a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple technical areas and manage various departments. You will design and implement high-performing multi-asset Order Management Systems while driving technological advancements and best practices.

The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience and a strong background in developing Java applications, managing complex projects, and delivering high-performance OMS capabilities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of applied software engineering experience.
• Experience managing teams and solving complex technical items.
• Experience developing large scale, high-availability systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead technology implementations to achieve objectives.
• Manage multiple areas with strategic focus for delivery.
• Provide leadership while overseeing high-level platforms.

Skills

Software engineering concepts

Java development

Multi-threaded programming

High-availability distributed systems

Developmental toolsets

Equities Order Management Systems

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Gradle

Dev-Ops

Job description

Your opportunity to make a real impact and shape the future of financial services is waiting for you. Let’s push the boundaries of what's possible together.

As a Senior Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate and Investment Bank, Equities Order Management System Technology, you lead multiple technical areas, manage the activities of multiple departments, and collaborate across technical domains. Your expertise is applied cross-functionally to drive the adoption and implementation of technical methods within various teams and aid the firm in remaining at the forefront of industry trends, best practices, and technological advances.

You will design, develop and implement top performing, distributed multi-asset Order Management Systems. You will work closely with others to design and implement core OMS infrastructure, workflow, pipeline, configuration modules, communication, instrumentation and administration, caching, and real-time distribution. You will enhance automated build and deployment modules to help integrate components into Sales & Trading eco-system, and add enhancements to increase business growth and add execution efficiency.

Job responsibilities

• Leads multiple technology implementations across workstreams to achieve technology and business objectives
• Directly manages multiple areas with strategic transactional focus and accelerating delivery
• Provides leadership and direction to teams while frequently overseeing multiple platforms at a high-level and in detail
• Acts as the interface with stakeholders and partners, driving consensus across competing objectives
• Manages multiple stakeholders, complex projects, and large cross-product collaborations
• Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience. In addition, 5+ year of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise and more broadly across the organization
• Experience developing Java applications including hands on coding
• In-depth, expert level understanding data structures, synchronization, network communication protocols, multi-threaded programming and object oriented design
• Experience developing large scale high-availability distributed systems with dynamic quality of service and linear scaling for availability and reliability
• Working proficiency with developmental toolsets: Gradle, Jules, Dev-Ops
• Experience with Equities Order Management Systems and Market Structure
• Drives delivery of low latency / high performance / high capacity Core Java OMS components (order management, workflows, instrumentation, etc.)
• Partners closely with Portfolio Trading / Program Trading stakeholders to deliver OMS capabilities that improve execution efficiency and workflow automation
• Supports and enhances ETF trading workflows, including RFQs (Request for Quotes) and Creation/Redemption lifecycle processes
• Oversees wholesale technical, end to end execution, including full stack/GUI workflows (Web/React), and leverages KDB / Analytics to deliver real-time monitoring, operational insights, and trading analytics

Equal Employment Opportunity

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 employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.