Full Stack Senior Lead Software Engineer- Hedge Fund Technology

JPMorgan Chase offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, finances, and well-being. You will have access to comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, and financial coaching. The culture emphasizes diverse perspectives, continuous learning, and responsible AI practices within a fast-paced, collaborative engineering environment. Salary for this role ranges from USD 171,000 to 260,000 per year, depending on experience and location.

As a Senior Full Stack Lead Software Engineer in Hedge Fund Technology within Asset & Wealth Management's Highbridge Capital Management, you will drive the development and delivery of scalable, secure technology in an agile team. You will work across Java, Python, React, AWS, and AI-enabled practices to support critical financial applications and data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Directly engages with business users to gather and refine requirements
• Designs, implements, and supports critical financial applications using Java and Python
• Quickly understands and provides support for existing services and codebases
• Quickly understands and supports the AWS Cloud Infrastructure platform used by the firm
• Develops a comprehensive understanding of existing data models
• Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while establishing measurable validation standards and promoting reuse of proven patterns within the SDLC/TLM toolchain
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to enhance automation at scale
• Collaborates with third-party vendor systems for integration, upgrades, and ongoing issue resolution
• Operates in a fast-paced, test-driven, agile development environment
• Provides technical guidance and direction to support the business, technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Drives decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations
• Contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use of leading-edge technologies

Requirements

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Robust programming experience in Java, Python, and React JS
• Experience with AWS Public Cloud Technologies and Terraform
• Proficient in database technologies such as RDS Oracle and RDS SQL Server, with strong SQL query skills
• Experience leading the effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools and setting team expectations for validating AI outputs
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations and secure handling of inputs and outputs
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Exceptional problem-solving and debugging skills across full-stack applications and a passion for coding and technology
• Flexibility to handle various roles from technical business analysis and development to DevOps across the full software development lifecycle
• Education in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field