Senior Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase

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Work type: On-site
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Posted: 107 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’s Electronic Trading Technology division, you will join an agile team to build and deliver secure, scalable market-leading technology products. You will provide technical guidance to teams and vendors while performing core development of KDB based systems and framework development. Your daily responsibilities include writing high-quality production code, managing the book of work, and improving coding standards through the SDLC. You will design real-time processing solutions and serve as a subject matter expert in areas like KDB+tick design and data organization. The role requires advanced proficiency in KDB and Q language, along with experience in CI/CD, automation, and query performance optimization. Preferred skills include Python, C, C++, Java, AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and experience with market data platforms.

Skills

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

What you'll do

Develop secure, high-quality production code and perform peer code reviews and debugging.
Perform core development and delivery of KDB based systems and frameworks.
Design and develop scalable real-time processing solutions using agile methodologies.
Provide technical guidance to business teams, contractors, and vendors.
Manage the team's book of work including task decomposition, estimation, and delivery planning.
Optimize query performance and manage large datasets within KDB+tick environments.
Build resilient, high-availability KDB applications with focus on scalability and load balancing.
Advocate for firmwide frameworks, tools, and best practices in the software development lifecycle.

What we're looking for

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
Degree or experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
Advanced proficiency in KDB and Q language with deep understanding of KDB+tick design and data organization.
Practical experience developing, running, and optimizing large datasets for query performance.
Experience building resilient, high-availability, and load-balanced KDB applications.
Proficiency in automation, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security within agile methodologies.
Experience in development leadership including requirements capture, task decomposition, estimation, and mentoring.
Experience with additional programming languages such as Python, C, C++, or Java.

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