Lead eSoftware engineer, Smart Order Routing C++, Equities Technologies Team

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As a Lead eSoftware Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate and Investment Bank, Electronic Trading Technology, 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.

Job responsibilities

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, or other related disciplines
• 10 or more years of software engineering experience. Mastery in C++ with respect to designing, coding, testing , and software delivery
• Develops, implement, support and maintain a growing liquidity seeking and crossing platform of Asian markets
• Contributes significantly to the front office trading team in terms of pre and post-trade analysis and the design of the smart order routing strategies. 
• Designs and build the internalization strategies for multiple business silos while guarantee the robustness of our highly market sensitive dark pools. 
• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Works with various financial data (trading/execution/risk data)
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering electronic trading system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• In-depth knowledge and proficiency in modern C++ programming
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Applicant Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience