Senior Lead Software Engineer - FICC Electronic Trading Application Developer

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
Hybrid
Senior level
Financial Services
We’re one of the world’s biggest technology-driven companies
The Role
Design, develop, test, and improve low-latency electronic trading software supporting pricing, execution, risk management, and market connectivity. Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions, define performance and reliability requirements, and partner with global stakeholders, traders, analysts, and project managers. Contribute to system architecture, test automation, development processes, and reliable software delivery across fixed income, currencies, commodities, and other trading domains.
Summary Generated by Built In

Join a global electronic trading technology team building strategic, greenfield platforms used by markets businesses worldwide. You will help deliver a flagship next-generation trading application spanning pricing, execution, and risk management. You will work closely with business users and a geographically diverse team to solve complex problems end to end. If you enjoy modern architectures, performance-focused systems, and building reliable software at scale, you will find strong opportunities to grow here.

As a Sr Lead Software Engineer, Electronic Trading Application Developer at JPMorgan Chase in the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Electronic Trading technology team, you will design and build software that supports electronic trading across multiple products and venues. You will work with partners across product, project management, and analysis to translate requirements into complete technical solutions. You will develop and test software following standard SDLC practices and help define non-functional requirements. You will contribute to improving system reliability, performance, and development processes across the team.

Job Responsibilities

  • Understand requirements, solve technical problems, and propose complete solutions
  • Design, develop, and test software following standard SDLC practices
  • Partner with project managers, business analysts, and management as a technical subject matter expert
  • Define and implement non-functional requirements, including performance and reliability considerations
  • Identify and drive improvements to systems and development processes
     

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

  • Proficiency in Core Java or C++ development
  • Working knowledge of Spring and SQL
  • Experience developing on Unix or Linux environments
  • Knowledge of unit testing practices and test automation fundamentals
  • Understanding of multi-threading, threading models, and messaging concepts
  • Understanding of low-latency, event-driven system concepts
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work effectively with globally distributed teams and stakeholders
     

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

  • Experience building trading applications in fixed income, macro, equities, or credit domains
  • Familiarity with front-end technologies such as C#, JavaScript, HTML5, or Angular
  • Knowledge of modern software architecture patterns and frameworks
  • Interest or experience in cloud computing, machine learning, or data science
  • Understanding of core computer science fundamentals, including operating systems, networks, data structures, and algorithms
  • Experience partnering with traders, sales, and operations teams
     

Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Electronic Trading partners with global markets businesses to deliver electronic trading solutions across client and dealer markets. The team supports a broad product set, including rates, foreign exchange, commodities, and credit, and contributes across front-end tooling, pricing, low-latency market making, algorithmic execution, automated hedging, connectivity, risk management, and straight-through processing.


About UsJ.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
  
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.
About the TeamJ.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. 

Skills Required

  • Proficiency in Core Java or C++ development
  • Working knowledge of Spring and SQL
  • Experience developing on Unix or Linux environments
  • Knowledge of unit testing practices and test automation fundamentals
  • Understanding of multithreading, threading models, and messaging concepts
  • Understanding of low-latency, event-driven system concepts
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work effectively with globally distributed teams and stakeholders
  • Experience building trading applications in fixed income, macro, equities, or credit domains
  • Familiarity with C#, JavaScript, HTML5, or Angular
  • Knowledge of modern software architecture patterns and frameworks
  • Interest or experience in cloud computing, machine learning, or data science
  • Understanding of operating systems, networks, data structures, and algorithms
  • Experience partnering with traders, sales, and operations teams

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.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is considered comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision, alongside wellness and mental health resources. Some locations add onsite health centers and related wellbeing support.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k)-type savings plan and related financial benefits, with options such as employee stock purchase participation. Financial planning resources are also highlighted to support long-term savings.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of 16 weeks for birth or adoption is available for all parents. Child care and back-up child care resources further reinforce family support.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
289,097 Employees
Year Founded: 1799

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.

Why Work With Us

Our technologists work on a diverse range of solutions that include strategic technology initiatives, big data, mobile, electronic payments, machine learning, cybersecurity, enterprise cloud development, and other state-of-the-art technologies.

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