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 the Commercial and Investment Bank, your role will be pivotal in an agile team. You will be tasked with enhancing, architecting, and delivering high-quality technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. As a significant technical contributor, your responsibilities will encompass developing essential technology solutions across diverse technical domains within various business functions, all aimed at bolstering the firm's business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

Design and implement an Option Market Making and Volatility execution platform
Develop and optimize performance-critical C++ components across the trading stack
Build low-latency, high-throughput systems handling real-time market data and order flow
Design and implement trading controls and risk management safeguards within the execution platform
Collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders to translate trading strategies into production systems
Write robust, well-tested code for systems operating in high-availability production environments
Contribute to architecture decisions and drive technical improvements across the platform
Champion firmwide engineering best practices, modern development methodologies, and continuous integration
Mentor team members and foster a culture of technical excellence

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related discipline
8+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years building trading systems
Expert-level proficiency in modern C++ (C++17/20) with demonstrated experience in performance-critical systems
Strong knowledge of low-latency optimization techniques including memory management, data structure design, and Linux systems programming
Experience with TCP/UDP socket programming and real-time messaging architectures
Ability to design and troubleshoot large-scale distributed systems with high-availability requirements
Proficient with configuration management, build tools, and continuous integration environments
Effective collaboration across global engineering teams and ability to work directly with trading desks and quantitative researchers

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

Knowledge of options, derivatives pricing, Greeks, and market making strategies
Experience building market data feed handlers or order management systems
Familiarity with exchange connectivity protocols (FIX, native binary protocols)
Experience with AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices
Experience mentoring and developing engineers in a trading technology environment

Lead C++ Low Latency Software Engineer, Equities Technologies