Java Sr Lead eSoftware Engineer - Equities Algo Trading - VP

Overview

In this Lead Software Engineer role within JPMorgan Chases Equities Trading Technology Organization, you will shape an award-winning algo execution platform and related systems. You collaborate with quants, traders, and technologists to deliver scalable, secure market-leading technology that supports global trading.

You’ll build, test, and optimize real-time, low-latency solutions across the trading engine and related infrastructure. This role offers global collaboration and a direct impact on trading performance and stability, with a clear emphasis on innovation and operational excellence.

You will help drive the platform to support firm objectives in a fast-paced, multi-regional setting.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop algo trading strategies and execution platform
• Design and develop simulation environment and maintain automated testing for strategies under simulated market conditions
• Enhance existing strategies by analyzing analytics and refining models/signals
• Investigate and resolve strategy behavior issues in collaboration with the desk
• Develop scalable real-time processing solutions using agile methodologies
• Identify opportunities to automate remediation and improve software and system stability

Key requirements

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with advanced Java experience
• Proficiency in low-latency, real-time, scalable trading systems
• Experience with high-throughput messaging APIs and middleware
• Ability to collaborate effectively within a global NA, EMEA, APAC team
• Experience with algorithmic trading, including systematic trading
• Background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or related field
• cross-functional collaboration
• strong analytical thinking
• problem-solving
• Java
• low-latency, real-time trading systems
• high-throughput messaging APIs

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