Lead Software Engineer - C++ - Electronic Trading

Join our Electronic Trading Technology team which offers an exciting opportunity to work on our Smart Order Router (SOR) product, playing a critical role in optimizing the execution of trades across various markets.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate & Investment Banking's Electronic Trading Tech group, you will join a global team with a presence in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior C++ Developer. You should have exceptionally strong programming & design skills in C++, and possess a good understanding of algorithms, data structures and operating systems. 

Job responsibilities 

• Design and implement high-performance, low-latency trading algorithms and strategies.
• Take end to end responsibilities of areas/apps, Drive projects/Complex assignments. 
• Optimize and improve existing codebase for better performance, scalability, and reliability
• Conduct thorough testing and debugging to identify and resolve issues, ensuring the stability and robustness of the system
• Collaborate with business, and other technology teams to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to algorithmic trading and smart order routing
• Identifies and mitigates issues to execute a book of work while escalating issues as necessary
• Participating in various stages SDLC of JPMorgan Electronic Trading services. 
• Exhibit sound judgment under pressure in handling time critical situations. Lead and follow Agile Methodologies and Principles 
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to algorithmic trading and smart order routing.
• Ability to provide overall direction, oversight, and coaching for entry-level to mid-level software engineers that work on basic to moderately complex tasks

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

•  Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
•  Strong proficiency in C++11/14, STL, Data Structures
•  Multi-threading
•  Linux/Unix
•  Object-oriented design & programming 
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

•  Kernel tuning and low-level system programming
•  Boost
•  TCP/IP socket programming 
•  FIX (www.fixprotocol.org)
•  Equities, Futures, and Options Electronic Trading Tech experience