Lead Software Engineering C++

Join us to shape the future of electronic trading technology where your expertise in C and hardware acceleration will make a global impact. Youll collaborate with talented engineers to deliver market-leading solutions that power high-speed trading across global markets. We value creativity technical excellence and a passion for continuous improvement. At JPMorganChase youll find opportunities for career growth skill development and meaningful contributions. Be part of a team that thrives on solving complex challenges and advancing industry standards.

As an Ultra Low Latency C Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase in the Electronic Trading Technology team you will design build and operate market gateway solutions with hardware FPGA acceleration. You will drive the software development lifecycle focusing on stability latency optimization and continuous improvement. Youll partner with hardware engineering teams to integrate FPGA pipelines with our C software stack ensuring high reliability and operational excellence. Your work will directly impact trading connectivity and risk management applications used by clients and internal businesses. Youll help foster a collaborative innovative team culture.

Job Responsibilities:

• Execute creative software solutions across design development and troubleshooting.
• Design develop and test reliable high-quality C code for trading connectivity and risk controls on Unix/Linux platforms.
• Implement end-to-end low latency client setups including production rollout and post-release validation.
• Automate remediation for recurring issues to improve operational stability.
• Establish and execute test strategies for latency throughput and resiliency.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality delivery speed and operational outcomes (e.g. AI-assisted code review/refactoring test strategy acceleration incident/root-cause analysis support) while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding peer review automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities to improve the value realized by automation.
• Lead the development of market access trading and risk management modules.
• Participate across the software development lifecycle of electronic trading services.
• Collaborate with Application Development Business Analysts and Operations teams.

• Integrate FPGA pipelines with C software for deterministic performance.

Required Qualifications Capabilities and Skills:

• Proficiency in modern C on Unix/Linux with strong multithreading and object-oriented design fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience in system design application development testing and operational stability in production environments.
• Scripting skills (Python Perl Shell) for automating development testing and operational tasks.
• Advanced understanding of Agile methodologies including CI/CD resiliency and security.
• Ability to review and debug code written by others.
• Knowledge of low-level TCP/IP and network stack behavior.
• Comfort working closely with infrastructure and networking teams.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g. for coding code review test acceleration troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness performance and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows including data sensitivity considerations secure handling of inputs/outputs and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe compliant adoption within delivery practices
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or related discipline.

• Excellent understanding of software-hardware interaction.

Preferred Qualifications Capabilities and Skills:

• Demonstrated experience in low latency design and development using C/C including DMA exchange connectivity and pre-trade risk systems.
• Exposure to FPGA development for financial industry applications including embedded software and kernel driver development for FPGAs and related systems.
• Proficiency with PCI Express TCP/IP sockets L1/L3 switches and integrating C Verilog and VHDL solutions in Linux environments.
• Experience implementing and certifying exchange connectivity using FIX SBE and native binary protocols with a focus on low latency order entry as well as creating and automating test strategies for functional and non-functional requirements in production-like environments.