Senior Lead Software Engineer - FICC Electronic Trading Application Developer
Join a global electronic trading technology team building strategic, greenfield platforms used by markets businesses worldwide. You will help deliver a flagship next-generation trading application spanning pricing, execution, and risk management. You will work closely with business users and a geographically diverse team to solve complex problems end to end. If you enjoy modern architectures, performance-focused systems, and building reliable software at scale, you will find strong opportunities to grow here.
As a Sr Lead Software Engineer, Electronic Trading Application Developer at JPMorgan Chase in the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Electronic Trading technology team, you will design and build software that supports electronic trading across multiple products and venues. You will work with partners across product, project management, and analysis to translate requirements into complete technical solutions. You will develop and test software following standard SDLC practices and help define non-functional requirements. You will contribute to improving system reliability, performance, and development processes across the team.
Job ResponsibilitiesUnderstand requirements, solve technical problems, and propose complete solutionsDesign, develop, and test software following standard SDLC practicesPartner with project managers, business analysts, and management as a technical subject matter expertDefine and implement non-functional requirements, including performance and reliability considerationsIdentify and drive improvements to systems and development processesRequired Qualifications, Capabilities, and SkillsProficiency in Core Java or C++ developmentWorking knowledge of Spring and SQLExperience developing on Unix or Linux environmentsKnowledge of unit testing practices and test automation fundamentalsUnderstanding of multi-threading, threading models, and messaging conceptsUnderstanding of low-latency, event-driven system conceptsStrong analytical and problem-solving skillsAbility to work effectively with globally distributed teams and stakeholdersPreferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and SkillsExperience building trading applications in fixed income, macro, equities, or credit domainsFamiliarity with front-end technologies such as C#, JavaScript, HTML5, or AngularKnowledge of modern software architecture patterns and frameworksInterest or experience in cloud computing, machine learning, or data scienceUnderstanding of core computer science fundamentals, including operating systems, networks, data structures, and algorithmsExperience partnering with traders, sales, and operations teamsFixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Electronic Trading partners with global markets businesses to deliver electronic trading solutions across client and dealer markets. The team supports a broad product set, including rates, foreign exchange, commodities, and credit, and contributes across front-end tooling, pricing, low-latency market making, algorithmic execution, automated hedging, connectivity, risk management, and straight-through processing.J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
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J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. Full timePosting Date: 2026-10-07