JPMorgan Lead Software Engineer 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

114957407

Job responsibilities

• Designing and building our next-generation Trading platform.
• Implementing asynchronous Java code to handle real-time data processing.
• Building and maintaining pipelines for efficient data processing and integration with external systems and APIs using Java technologies.
• Interfacing with external vendors providing FIX connectivity to all brokers, ECNs, and liquidity providers like Bloomberg, Tradeweb, MarketAxess, etc.
• Working with other technologists, traders, and quants to deliver business solutions.
• Collaborating with the trading team to analyze datasets and develop data-driven applications using core Java programming.
• Staying updated on the latest Java libraries and open-source tools relevant to trading and finance.
• Contributing to the development of trading algorithms and strategies, leveraging statistical and mathematical principles where applicable, with a focus on Java implementation.
• Taking ownership of projects from inception to completion, with a focus on delivering high-quality, scalable solutions using Java.
• Applying quantitative and ML techniques to data analysis. Managing the full Software Delivery Lifecycle including coding, testing, deployment, and support, in a DevOps environment.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Candidate should be profient in Java and Kotlin (Services), Kafka, Cassandra, WPF C# and React, Python (ML/AI).
• Strong technologist with experience developing in Java, Kotlin within the financial services industry.
• Experience with concurrent in Java with microservices.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently or collaboratively within a team.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies and business requirements, with a focus on Java programming.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Numerate degree or equivalent (Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics).
• Deep and broad technology expertise in application, data and infrastructure architecture, with current experience of Java, SQL & NoSQL databases, reactive and/or complex event processing.

• AWS or other cloud certifications is a bonus.
• Experience of working in financial services, in a front-office environment is a bonus.
• Understanding of Asset Management and the investment management process is a bonus.
• CFA / CQF or other applied qualification is a bonus.
• Development experience in C#, HTML5 / JavaScript is a bonus.