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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Markets 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

• 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
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Develop Python-based automation, tooling, and platform integrations
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Deploy and support cloud-native applications on AWS and Kubernetes
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools
• Improve platform reliability, observability, scalability, and operational efficiency
• Integrate trading applications, FIX platforms, and market-facing systems
• Partner with engineering and trading technology teams to automate and modernize infrastructure
• Drive DevOps best practices across development and operations teams
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to 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.
• Strong DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, Cloud Engineering, or Software Engineering experience
• Advanced Python programming skills
• Strong Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting expertise. Strong Bash/Shell scripting experience
• Hands-on CI/CD pipeline development (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Bamboo, etc.)
• AWS cloud experience
• Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, or similar container technologies. Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
• Strong understanding of networking, distributed systems, and application resiliency
• Experience supporting highly available production platforms
• Electronic trading or front-office trading technology experience
• Working knowledge of FIX Protocol, market connectivity, and order lifecycle workflows

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• OMS / EMS platforms. Exchange connectivity
• Capital Markets
• QuickFIX / QuickFIX-J
• Low-latency or algorithmic trading systems
• Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Datadog, Geneos
• Java or C++

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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

Base Pay/Salary
Jersey City, NJ $152, 000.00 - $215, 000.00 / year