Senior Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase

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Work type: On-site
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 152 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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.

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As a KDB - Senior Lead Software Engineer within the Commercial & Investment Bank Electronic Trading Technology team, you will join an agile group focused on delivering secure, stable, and scalable market-leading technology products. You will drive business impact by developing high-quality production code, building KDB based systems, and creating scalable real-time processing solutions. Your daily responsibilities include providing technical guidance, managing the book of work, and leading team members through the software development life cycle. You must possess deep expertise in KDB and the Q language, specifically regarding KDB+tick design and data organization. Required skills include proficiency in CI/CD, automation, and application resiliency. You will optimize query performance for large datasets and manage high-availability applications while utilizing technologies like AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes.

Skills

KDB Q language Python C C++ Java AWS Terraform Kubernetes CI/CD Agile System Design SDLC load-balancing high-availability Data Organization

What you'll do

Develop and deliver core KDB-based systems and frameworks.
Write secure production code and perform code reviews and debugging for others.
Build scalable real-time processing solutions using agile methodologies.
Provide technical guidance and direction to business teams, contractors, and vendors.
Manage the team's book of work and oversee the full software development life cycle.
Drive technical decisions regarding product design, application functionality, and operational processes.
Optimize query performance and scale high-availability KDB applications for large datasets.
Advocate for firmwide engineering frameworks, tools, and best practices.

What we're looking for

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
Advanced proficiency in KDB and Q language with solid professional experience using KDB.
Deep understanding of KDB+tick design, data organization, and performance implications of different approaches.
Practical experience developing, running, and optimizing query performance for large datasets.
Practical experience scaling, load-balancing, and building resilient, high-availability KDB applications.
Proficiency in automation, continuous delivery methods, and agile methodologies such as CI/CD and Application Resiliency.
Development lead and mentoring experience including requirements capture, task decomposition, and delivery planning.
Experience with market data venue and vendor data platforms (preferred).
AWS experience (preferred).
Experience in Terraform and Kubernetes from managing a Production Plant in Public Cloud (preferred).
Experience in other languages such as Python, C, C++, or Java (preferred).

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