Director of Software Engineering, Equities Risk

JPMorgan Chase

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Work type: On-site
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Salary: $204,250–$285,000 / yr
Posted: 28 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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This role $245k

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About JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a global financial services firm and one of the largest banks in the world, offering investment banking, commercial banking, asset management, and consumer financial services.

JPMorgan Chase currently has 452 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Director of Software Engineering, Equities Risk

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As the Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Equities Risk Technology team, you will lead a technical area and drive impact across various departments. Your responsibilities include managing multiple technology implementations to achieve both business and technological objectives, overseeing high-level and detailed platform management, and interfacing with stakeholders to ensure alignment on strategic goals. You will leverage deep expertise in Java for multi-threaded, high-performance backend development at scale, while also mentoring and growing engineering teams. The role requires experience in architecting large-scale distributed systems, event-driven systems, and real-time processing pipelines, as well as the ability to influence organizational change and manage complex projects. Ideal candidates have a background in financial markets, particularly equity trading or front-office trading systems, to effectively address the unique challenges of this domain.

Skills

Java Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Python PostgreSQL AWS Event-driven systems Real-time processing pipelines Microservices architecture Scalable distributed systems Agile methodologies

What you'll do

Leads multiple technology implementations to achieve both business and technological objectives.
Manages and mentors engineering teams, setting technical direction and driving architectural standards.
Designs and delivers large-scale distributed systems with ownership of end-to-end design and workflows.
Partners with senior stakeholders to shape strategy, roadmaps, and investment decisions for complex projects.
Oversees multiple platforms in detail, acting as the interface between technology and business stakeholders.

What we're looking for

Deep expertise in Java with experience in multi-threaded, high-performance backend development.
Proven ability to lead, mentor, and grow engineering teams, setting technical direction and driving architectural standards.
Demonstrated track record of architecting and delivering complex, large-scale distributed systems at enterprise scale.
Experience designing and delivering distributed applications, event-driven systems, and real-time processing pipelines.
Strong capability in partnering with senior business stakeholders to shape strategy, roadmaps, and investment decisions.
Financial markets background, ideally in equity trading or front-office trading systems.

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