JPMorgan Senior Lead Software Engineer - C++ 

United Kingdom, England, London 

894686607

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate & Investment Banking's Electronic Trading group, you will join a global team with a presence in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. You will be responsible to develop connectivity applications for electronic trading with heavy emphasis on low-latency. The Electronic Trading Technology team is looking for a senior ultra-low-latency connectivity developer. You should have exceptionally strong programming & design skills in C++, and possess a good understanding of algorithms, data structures, operating systems, networks, and hardware. Our team has developed in-house low-latency connectivity & pre-trade risk applications that are both client and exchange facing and serving internal applications. We are looking to improve our application latency, develop new functionalities, make our applications more resilient and supportable, as we expand into markets for other asset classes.

Job responsibilities

• Take end to end responsibilities of areas/apps, Drive projects/Complex assignments. Ability to provide overall direction, oversight, and coaching for entry-level to mid-level software engineers that work on basic to moderately complex tasks
• Design, Enhance and Develop various Apps/Modules in Electronic Trading Stack like Smart Order Routing, Market Access, Risk Management in C++
• Ensures successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders
• Identifies and mitigates issues to execute a book of work while escalating issues as necessary
• Participating in various stages SDLC of JPMorgan Electronic Trading services. In this role, you will the design, develop, test and productize the functional requirements for Market Access and Risk Management systems
• Exhibit sound judgment under pressure in handling time critical situations
• Lead and follow Agile Methodologies and Principles

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Expertise in Application - Data and Infrastructure and various business processes
• Advanced knowledge of Software Architecture, Design, Algorithms
• Strong C++/ Modern C++, Object Orientated Design and Programming skills
• Strong Unix/Linux background with expertise in TCP/IP network programming
• Good knowledge of standards and Concurrent Programming
• Good scripting skills ( Shell/Perl/Python)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern Continuous Integration development practices
• Exposure/Ability learn other languages & technologies like Java, Cloud Technologies etc.
• Kernel tuning and low-level system programming
• Equities, Futures, and Options Exchange Connectivity experience`