Lead Software Engineer - Java

Job Description
We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Asset and Wealth Management, 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

• Designing and building our next-generation Trading platform.
• Implementing asynchronous Java code to handle real-time data processing.
• Building and maintaining pipelines for efficient data processing and integration with external systems and APIs using Java technologies.
• Interfacing with external vendors providing FIX connectivity to all brokers, ECNs, and liquidity providers like Bloomberg, Tradeweb, MarketAxess, etc.
• Working with other technologists, traders, and quants to deliver business solutions.
• Collaborating with the trading team to analyze datasets and develop data-driven applications using core Java programming.
• Staying updated on the latest Java libraries and open-source tools relevant to trading and finance.
• Contributing to the development of trading algorithms and strategies, leveraging statistical and mathematical principles where applicable, with a focus on Java implementation.
• Taking ownership of projects from inception to completion, with a focus on delivering high-quality, scalable solutions using Java.
• Applying quantitative and ML techniques to data analysis.
• Managing the full Software Delivery Lifecycle including coding, testing, deployment, and support, in a DevOps environment.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Have excellent programming experience in Core Java
• Practice TDD and BDD engineering techniques. Implementation of test-driven development
• Have an understanding of Java IOC frameworks such as Spring or Guice
• Understand next generation messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka, Solace or Ignite
• Above average database fundamentals - can write complex queries, understands how to organize data , able to troubleshoot for performance.
• Strong Application development background with Design Thinking. Passionate about working in Front Office Technology team.
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in trading technologies
• Kotlin knowledge is a plus
• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Exposure to cloud technologies