Lead Software Engineer- Java - EQ - PFT Pretrade

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Investment Bank, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

The team is driving the transformation of the equity financing platform, and you will contribute to a broad range of projects from tackling large scale enterprise engineering challenges with Kafka or AMPS, building real-time inventory trading platforms in KDB, data science tools in Python, and building UIs in React. We are a fast-paced, high-energy team spread across the globe in NA, EMEA and APAC. You will have the opportunity to work in a supportive environment where you’ll be able to grow and develop your skills under the guidance of experienced technologists in the industry.

Job responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Tackle complex technical challenges by partnering with traders, quantitative researchers, and product managers in order to automate our trading business

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on system design concepts and proficient applied experience in Java
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Understanding of systems architectures front to back.
• Knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices.
• Ability to work in large, collaborative teams to achieve organizational goals.
• Enthusiastic about building an innovative culture.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Proficiency in at least one programming languages, preferably Java or Web UI – React.
• Understanding of the Prime business, in particular Equity Finance – Locates, Availability and Positions Management is desirable.
• Experience with Cloud deployment, design, and development concerns.
• Knowledge of application and data design disciplines, experience in real-time processing and delivery e.g. Kafka, AMPS is desirable.