Lead Software Engineer -Python, UNIX Shell, Electronic Trading

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank's Equities Tech Team, 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 Integration / DevOps technical contributor in our Electronic Market Making Technology team, you're responsible for Change Validation & Signoff, Automation, Release Management, Production Support, Process Improvements, Operational Stability, and for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Execute 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.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Identify the gaps and provide efficient solutions for - Process Improvements, Project Management, Release Management, Automation Implementation, Operational Stability etc.
• Lead entire Software Development Lifecycle – requirements gathering, design/ implementation assistance, change validation, deployment, handover to production management teams, production support etc.
• Act on Regulatory Needs, Business Requests, Production Requests, Stress Testing etc. with utmost urgency.
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing in DevOps.
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies.
• Add to team culture of diversity, equity, 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 contributing to system design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems with experience in real-time, high performance and/or e-Trading areas (Capital Markets Experience: Equities / Derivatives domain expertise, Electronic Trading Space, Front Office, Fix Protocol, Trade Life Cycle etc.)
• Advanced in scripting languages such as Shell, Python.
• Proficient with UNIX, GIT, Jenkins, Maven, Bit bucket, IntelliJ, Jira, Confluence etc.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Practical cloud native experience.
• Strong analytical development skills with exceptional problem solving / debugging skills.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Technology generalist – experience building and supporting high performance and resilient applications used within a high performance/real time environment.
• Experience working in a team with a strong software development process (build, test, deploy)
• Proficiency in programming using C/C++/Java is a big plus.
• Experience in Investment Banking Domain, Front Office Trading Applications.
• Good understanding of FIX Protocol and other financial messaging protocols is preferred.