Sr Lead Software Engineer - Java Developer

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Athens, GRC
Hybrid
Senior level
Financial Services
We’re one of the world’s biggest technology-driven companies
The Role
Lead design, build, test, and operate low-latency, high-throughput electronic trading services. Drive architecture decisions, ensure reliability and security, participate in on-call support, and improve engineering practices through CI/CD, automated testing, and observability.
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As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within FICC eTrading, you will join an agile team building and supporting market-leading electronic trading platforms. You will deliver critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas and business functions in support of the firm’s objectives, with a strong focus on engineering excellence, operational stability, and secure software delivery.

The FICC eTrading team partners with Global FICC businesses to deliver solutions for electronic trading across client and dealer markets, spanning a wide range of products including Rates, FX, Commodities, and Credit. The team is based predominantly in APAC, New York, London, and Athens and supports businesses globally.

This role is based in Athens, Greece.

Job responsibilities
  • Design, build, test, and deliver high-quality software solutions for electronic trading systems, from requirements through production rollout
  • Lead technical design discussions and contribute to architecture decisions, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and resilient
  • Build and maintain low-latency, high-throughput services with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and correctness
  • Integrate services with internal and external systems, ensuring well-defined interfaces, robust error handling, and operational readiness
  • Own production outcomes by participating in on-call/support, triaging incidents, performing root-cause analysis, and driving permanent fixes
  • Improve engineering standards through code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and continuous refactoring to strengthen system health
  • Identify recurring issues and data/operational patterns, and translate insights into measurable improvements in stability and developer productivity
  • Contribute to an inclusive team culture and actively engage in communities of practice to evaluate and adopt relevant emerging technologies
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
  • Strong OOP/design patterns understanding and clean code practices
  • Strong coding skills in Java and Spring with solid fundamentals
  • Proven, hands-on experience across system design, application development, testing, and production support
  • Experience with FIX protocol
  • Experience with low-latency/high-throughput systems
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
  • Knowledge of fixed income products
  • Exposure to agentic AI
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

  • Strong OOP/design patterns understanding and clean code practices
  • Strong coding skills in Java and Spring
  • Proven, hands-on experience across system design, application development, testing, and production support
  • Experience with FIX protocol
  • Experience with low-latency/high-throughput systems
  • Knowledge of fixed income products
  • Exposure to agentic AI

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 Medical, dental, vision, and mental health coverage are comprehensive, with on-site clinics, preventive care, and specialized supports such as maternity nurse guidance and fertility treatments. Wellness activities can help offset copays and out-of-pocket costs, reinforcing the perceived strength of health benefits.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar matching and additional automatic pay credits reflect strong employer-backed retirement savings. An employee stock purchase plan and related financial programs further bolster long-term financial support.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Paid time off, sick time, holidays, and generous parental leave are provided alongside family medical leave and adoption/fertility assistance. Additional programs like caregiver support and volunteer time off expand the breadth of time-away options.

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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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