Lead Software Engineer - Java, Markets Technology

Company: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Location: Chicago
Posted on: May 20, 2025

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 Corporate & Investment Bank's Futures & Options Trade Processing Team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives. Our global footprint on some 80 exchanges is a clear market differentiator. Equally important is the timely, error-free, and efficient processing of client trades, underpinned by resilient and performant cloud-based technology. Our global team has a large presence in London with additional team members in Glasgow, Chicago, Bangalore, and Singapore; extensive collaboration between locations is a feature of our working environment.Job responsibilities

• Design and build scalable and resilient technical solutions.
• Lead a team of associate full stack developers and proactively look to develop, implement, and further develop best practices across the group.
• Drive the delivery of business value via change programs/projects within the Futures & Options Trading Technology Group.
• Create automated unit tests using a Test Driven CI/CD Development approach.
• Develop a strong understanding of key functions of clearing, margining, & settlements within the Futures & Options world.
• Partner with supporting tech leads to develop realistic and achievable project estimates.
• Analysis and build within Control, Stability, Resiliency, Capacity & Performance areas.
• Testing: Unit, SIT & UAT planning and management.
• Robust delivery of code into the production environment with zero tolerance for post-implementation issues.
• Take part in decisions affecting long-range organizational goals & strategic planning.
• Contribute to quality improvement, code reviews, code/architecture standards, code reuse.Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience in Java.
• Experience with AWS or other clouds such as Azure or Google Cloud.
• Very strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Expert level knowledge of core Java (at least 1.8) with a clear understanding of advanced concepts in collection framework, garbage collection, multi-threading.
• Experience working with Maven, Jenkins, Git/Subversion.
• Experience working with related technical frameworks - Spring, JMS, JDBC, Hibernate/JPA.
• Solid understanding of database concepts and working knowledge with vendors like Oracle, with some exposure to performance tuning.
• Ability to take on difficult and complex large-scale problems and provide end-to-end solutions.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders in business, operations, and support teams.
• Some experience providing production support in a Level2/Level3 capacity.Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
  • Experience working in an Investment Banking context, particularly in a Futures & Options department.
  • Understanding of the trade lifecycle and back-office functions: clearing, margining, settlements, collateral, interest, accounting, and cash management.
  • Experience working in an agile environment.
  • Experience with FIX protocol.
  • Experience with heap analysis, profiling, etc.
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