FX E-trading Java Senior Lead Software Engineer
JPMorganChase
FX E-trading Java Senior Lead Software Engineer
Job Information
- Job Identification 210672314
- Job Category Software Engineering
- Business Unit Commercial & Investment Bank
- Posting Date 14/10/2025, 12:38
- Locations 575 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ, 07310, US
- Job Schedule Full time
- Base Pay/Salary Jersey City,NJ $171,000.00-$260,000.00
Job Description
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 Commercial & Investment Technology Rates eTrading, you are an integral part of an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. Your role involves promoting significant business impact through your expertise and contributions, applying deep technical knowledge and problem-solving skills to address a wide range of challenges across multiple technologies and applications. You will be responsible for building components that support the global macro FX eTrading business, collaborating with a team of 20 developers worldwide, and working closely with our trading partners. These components must be highly available, scalable, and operate with minimal latency, handling high volumes of real-time data and requiring careful performance tuning. You will be accountable for the overall success of the systems, including their design, development, deployment, optimization, and day-to-day operation.
Job responsibilities
- Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
- Design, develop, and maintain electronic trading components.
- Use low-level programming techniques to produce highly optimized, low-latency trading software
- Serve as a Second line support backing up the 1st line operate team
- 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
- Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
- Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
- Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Advanced in one or more programming language(s) - Java
Will have a deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, system design, threading implications, and strategies for optimizing performance-sensitive code.
Relevant Markets experience required.
- Low latency middleware
- Ability to work collaboratively in a global team on long-term technical problems
- Possess a great attention to detail
- Ability to analyze and fix problems quickly
- Capable of working independently as well as part of a team. Able to learn quickly and apply new skills effectively
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Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
- FX experience preferred
- Scripting skills, python will be an advantage.
About Us
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
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