Lead Software Engineer in JPMorgan Chase's Equities Electronic Trading Technology Team, delivering secure, scalable software from Houston, TX onsite and guiding AI-assisted engineering practices across multiple technical areas to support business objectives.
Responsibilities
- Develop and troubleshoot innovative software solutions, moving beyond routine approaches to tackle complex problems.
- Identify opportunities to reduce toil and automate the remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability.
- Champion enterprise AI assisted engineering practices to raise code quality, accelerate delivery, and enhance operational outcomes, while establishing validation standards and promoting reusable patterns across the team.
- Leverage the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including AI-enabled development and automation, to maximize automation value.
- Make decisions shaping product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes.
- Influence peers and project stakeholders to consider and adopt leading edge technologies.
- Understand CI/CD needs of developers and lead communities of practice to promote awareness of new technologies.
- Develop secure, high-quality production code and review or debug code written by others.
- Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to probe architectural designs and applicability within existing systems and information architecture.
- Contribute to a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect within the team.
Requirements
- Formal training or certification in software engineering, computer science, or computer engineering, with 5+ years of applied experience.
- Hands-on experience spanning system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
- Proficiency in at least one major programming language (Java, C++, Python, Go, Kotlin, TypeScript, C#, etc.).
- Proven track record leading effective use of approved AI-assisted development tools with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
- Strong understanding of responsible AI in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security requirements; experience coaching engineers on safe adoption.
- Experience with low latency, real-time, scalable trading systems and familiarity with algorithmic and systematic trading.
- Ability to collaborate effectively within a global team across NA, EMEA, and APAC while contributing to the Equities technology organization.
- Solid grasp of best practices for building efficient software and awareness of guardrails and their importance.
- Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with minimal oversight; hands-on FinOps experience.
- Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tools such as Jenkins or TeamCity, and related workflows.
- Experience building or integrating high throughput messaging APIs and middleware.
Technologies
- Java
- C++
- Python
- Go
- Kotlin
- TypeScript
- C#
- Jenkins
- TeamCity
Benefits
- Base salary with potential commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation
- Cash and/or forfeitable equity
- Comprehensive health care coverage
- On-site health and wellness centers
- Retirement savings plan
- Backup childcare
- Tuition reimbursement
- Mental health support
- Financial coaching
About Us
JPMorgan Chase & Co is a historic financial institution delivering innovative solutions to consumers, small businesses, and a global corporate and institutional client base across the JPMorgan Chase and Chase brands. With more than two centuries of history, the firm remains a leader in investment banking, consumer and commercial banking, asset management, and related services.
We offer a competitive total rewards package, including base pay and potential commissions or discretionary incentive compensation, plus a range of benefits based on eligibility. We value diversity and inclusion and are an equal opportunity employer with no discrimination on protected attributes.
About the Team
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank operates globally across banking, markets, securities services, and payments, serving corporations, governments, and institutions in more than 100 countries. The team provides strategic advice, capital formation, risk management, and liquidity solutions worldwide.