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Senior Lead Software Engineer - Commodities E-Trading

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
London
1 year ago
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Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commodities E-Trading teamyou 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

You will be working within a global team of developers, as well as working closely with front office and trading partners, to build real-time, low latency components underpinning key E-Trading workflows. 

Job responsibilities

Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes Use low-level programming techniques to produce highly optimized, low-latency trading software Analyse, identify, and debug technical issues occurring in globally deployed real-time systems Collaborate across global business and technical teams to design and deliver solutions  Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus Adds to the team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts with advanced knowledge and applied experience Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability Advanced in one or more programming language(s) Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight Advanced professional Java experience Capable of working independently as well as part of a team

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Relevant markets experience Experience with scripting languages (eg Python) Strong Linux/Unix, and knowledge of networking topologies, TCP + UDP Low latency middleware 

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