DescriptionWe have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to be a part of JPMorgans Equities Trading Technology group a highlyskilled businessaligned team of enthusiastic talent building one of worlds leading eTrading platforms.
As a Lead SoftwareEngineerat JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Banks Equities Trading Technology group you will follow the best Agile practices and develop inhouse lowlatency connectivity & pretrade risk applications. These applications are both Client and Exchange facing and also serve several internal clients. You will work with a team of experienced technologists the role will participate in all aspects of etrading development from design and build to deployment with a focus on infrastructure administrative operational tasks
Job responsibilities
- Drive the Projects independently with effective stakeholder management.
- Identify the gaps and provide efficient solutions for Process Improvements Project Management Release Management Automation Implementation etc.
- Work across entire software development lifecycle requirements gathering design implementation testing deployment and handover to support teams.
- Validate new functionalities and certify them from all angles Integration Functional Regulatory E2E etc.
- Own the Production Release Management Planning Deployment Post Release Checkouts and L3 Production Support etc.
- Act on Regulatory Needs Business Requests Production Requests Stress Testing etc. with utmost urgency
- Lead and follow Agile Methodologies and Principles
- Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
Required qualifications capabilities and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5 years applied experience
- Strong analytical skills solid understanding of computer science fundamentals and experience in realtime high performance and eTrading areas
- Proficiency in using a scripting language such as Python Perl etc.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Unix/Linux commands and Shell scripting
- Exposure to the Low Latency Trading Platforms and middle/back office systems
- Advanced understanding of Agile methodologies such as CI/CD Applicant Resiliency and Security
- Handson practical experience of using tools like GIT Jenkins Maven Bitbucket IntelliJ Jira Confluence Change Management etc.
- Excellent verbal written communication skills
Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills
- Experience in Investment Banking Domain and Front Office Trading Applications
- Qualified to degree level in Computer Science Maths Physics or related engineering discipline
- Good understanding of FIX Protocol and other financial messaging protocols is preferred
- Experience in test automation and tools
- Knowledge of programming using C/C/Java is a big plus