Are you an experienced software engineering leader looking to make a meaningful impact? This could be the role for you.
As a Director of Software Engineering (Executive Director) at JPMorganChase within Equities Trading Technologies, you will oversee a key technical domain and deliver results across teams, technologies, and cross-departmental projects. Drawing on your deep expertise in software development, application design, technical processes, and product management, you will spearhead multiple high-complexity initiatives, act as a key decision-maker for your teams, and champion a culture of innovation and effective
Job Responsibilities
- Oversee the design, development, and performance tuning of ultra-low-latency C++ trading systems supporting equity derivatives market making (options/warrants)
- Set the technology roadmap for trading systems expansion and lead strategic technical decision-making across the region
- Work closely with global engineering counterparts in New York, Singapore, and Hong Kong to deliver cross-regional platform capabilities
- Guide and develop engineers at all levels while cultivating a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
- Engage with trading desks, quantitative researchers, and business stakeholders to translate trading requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Promote firmwide frameworks, tools, and engineering best practices, driving adoption of modern development methodologies
- Grow and scale the EMEA engineering team from the ground up by establishing robust hiring pipelines and forging university partnerships
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Significant software engineering experience, with applied experience overall, as well as focused on trading systems
- Expert-level command of C++ (C++17/20) with a strong track record of delivering ultra-low-latency systems
- Demonstrated success in building and scaling engineering teams, including recruiting, mentoring, and developing senior-level talent.
- Proven expertise in architecting, building, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems with high availability and automatic failover
- Ability to shape technical direction across global, matrixed organizations and build consensus among senior stakeholders
- Deep understanding of low-latency optimization techniques and performance engineering
- Hands-on experience with exchange connectivity, including FIX protocol, binary exchange protocols, TCP/UDP socket programming, and multicast market data
- Proficiency with configuration management, build tooling, and CI environments such as Jenkins
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Direct exposure to European exchange protocols and regional market microstructure
- Familiarity with options Greeks, market making strategies, volatility trading, and derivatives pricing models
- Experience developing market data feed handlers and order management systems for high-throughput, latency-sensitive environments
- Comfort with AI-assisted development tools and contemporary engineering practices
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field
- Significant software engineering experience, including focused experience on trading systems
- Expert-level command of C++ (C++17/20) with track record delivering ultra-low-latency systems
- Demonstrated success in building and scaling engineering teams, including recruiting and mentoring senior talent
- Proven expertise architecting, building, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems with high availability and automatic failover
- Ability to shape technical direction across global, matrixed organizations and build consensus among senior stakeholders
- Deep understanding of low-latency optimization techniques and performance engineering
- Hands-on experience with exchange connectivity including FIX, binary exchange protocols, TCP/UDP socket programming, and multicast market data
- Proficiency with configuration management, build tooling, and CI environments such as Jenkins
- Direct exposure to European exchange protocols and regional market microstructure
- Familiarity with options Greeks, market making strategies, volatility trading, and derivatives pricing models
- Experience developing market data feed handlers and order management systems for high-throughput, latency-sensitive environments
- Comfort with AI-assisted development tools and contemporary engineering practices
JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and mental-health coverage are broad, with wellness incentives, on-site or virtual care, and an EAP offering coaching and counseling. Plan materials emphasize accessible options, including multiple medical choices and tools to manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave extends up to 16 weeks for all parents, supplemented by paid Critical Caregiver Leave. Family resources include backup childcare via Bright Horizons, lactation support and milk-shipping, family-building assistance, and even a free five-month SNOO rental for newborns.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with an annual company match and automatic pay credits for most employees, with a legacy pension available to earlier hires. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a 5% discount further supports long-term savings.
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What We Do
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products. Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. ©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.
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