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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank, you'll architect resilient, scalable, and ultra-low-latency systems that provide direct electronic market access across multiple asset classes. You will work on the connectivity platform that sits between our algorithmic and market-making engines, and the world's major exchanges and venues. Your technical leadership will translate directly into faster executions, tighter risk control, better client outcomes, and firmwide innovation.
Job responsibilities
- Lead by example: Provide technical guidance and direction to engineering teams, contractors, and vendors to deliver robust solutions.
- Build excellence: Develop secure, high-quality production C++ code; review and debug code to uphold standards and reliability.
- Drive impact: Influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations to enhance latency, throughput, and stability.
- Own domains: Serve as a subject matter expert across key areas of electronic trading, architecture, and performance engineering.
- Champion best practices: Advocate firmwide frameworks, tools, and SDLC practices; elevate craftsmanship within the engineering community.
- Shape technology choices: Guide peers and decision-makers on the adoption of leading-edge technologies that move the business forward.
- Strengthen culture: Contribute to a team environment built on diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.
- Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- at least 6 years of proven experience in low-latency design and development using C++ and C, with a strong emphasis on performance optimization and deterministic system behavior.
- Advanced C++ expertise, supported by formal training or certification.
- Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability in production.
- Proficiency with C++ on Unix/Linux, including performance diagnostics and tooling.
- Scripting skills to automate development, testing, and operational workflows.
- Strong understanding of software–hardware interaction for low-latency systems.
- Experience creating and automating test strategies and plans for both functional and non-functional requirements, and executing them.
- Depth in application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines.
- Strong CS fundamentals: multithreading, memory management, object-oriented design.
Collaborative mindset: Work closely with Application Development, Business Analysis, and Operations teams.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Solid working knowledge of FIX and binary protocols, as well as market microstructure.
- Experience with low-latency connectivity to FX, Commodities, Rates, Credits, Futures, and Options markets (such as LME, Eurex, CME).
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- At least 6 years experience in low-latency design and development using C++ and C
- Advanced C++ expertise, supported by formal training or certification
- Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability in production
- Proficiency with C++ on Unix/Linux, including performance diagnostics and tooling
- Scripting skills to automate development, testing, and operational workflows
- Strong understanding of software-hardware interaction for low-latency systems
- Experience creating and automating test strategies and plans for functional and non-functional requirements
- Depth in application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines
- Strong computer science fundamentals: multithreading, memory management, object-oriented design
- Collaborative mindset; work closely with Application Development, Business Analysis, and Operations teams
- Working knowledge of FIX and binary protocols, and market microstructure
- Experience with low-latency connectivity to FX, Commodities, Rates, Credits, Futures, and Options markets (e.g., LME, Eurex, CME)
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure
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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