Lead Software Engineer- Equity Derivatives Risk Management

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Houston, TX
Hybrid
Financial Services
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The Role
Job Description
We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Commercial & Investment Banking, you play a vital role in an agile team dedicated to improving, developing, and providing reliable, cutting-edge technology products that are secure, stable, and scalable. As a key technical contributor, you are tasked with implementing essential technology solutions across diverse technical domains within various business functions to support the firm's strategic goals.
Job responsibilities
  • Works directly with business, quant and technology teams to articulate new technology requirements and solve business problems
  • Collaborates with other members of a globally distributed team to brainstorm new ideas / solutions and provide mentoring and technical expertise to the team
  • Develops specific enhancements and/or build new solutions to fulfill business objectives related to new business requirements
  • Works closely with other technology teams to ensure that required changes are made in other systems
  • Ensures technology solutions meet business and client requirements, that they are robust and supportable
  • Documents release procedures and support notes for deliverables to enable proper support by our production management groups
  • Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
  • Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
  • Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Advanced in one or more programming language(s)- Java technologies/frameworks such as Spring/Spring Boot, Spring JPA/Hibernate, REST based services, etc.
  • Experience designing and implementing scalable microservice architectures with high resiliency capabilities.
  • Proficiency in Unix/Linux environments, ability to navigate the system, investigate processes and logs, analyze system performance using tools such as Dynatrace, etc.
  • Experience with Databases - relational as well as No-SQL - Sybase / Oracle / Mongo DB
  • Experience with Messaging Middleware platforms - Kafka / RabbitMQ
  • Experience with full development lifecycle and tools, including Git/Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins, Gradle, Maven
  • Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
  • Strong experience with JVM performance analysis, including profiling, heap dump analysis, thread dump analysis, GC tuning, etc

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
  • Experience of working in financial services - understanding of equity derivative products
  • Exposure to cloud compute platforms, including AWS
  • Experience with UI concepts, languages and platforms including JavaScript/REACT, AngularJS, Typescript, HTML5, CSS3

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 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. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
About the Team
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

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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.

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