DevOps with Python - Senior Lead Software Engineering

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Banking's Equities Electronic Trading team, you will play a crucial role in an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. Your expertise and contributions will promote significant business impact, as you apply your deep technical knowledge and problem-solving skills to address a wide range of challenges across various technologies and applications.

The innovative FPGA team within the Electronic Trading Technology division at JPMorgan Chase is seeking a highly skilled DevOps Integration Specialist to join our ultra-low latency direct market access team. In this role, you will be a crucial member of our agile team, focusing on testing and integration of the in-house cutting-edge FPGA market connectivity solution. Your expertise in Python programming, particularly in electronic trading systems and QA testing, along with a strong understanding of hardware and software integration, will drive the enhancement, building, and delivery of secure, stable, and scalable technology products.

Job responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Develop and implement a robust framework for continuous integration environments, ensuring its adoption and evolution within the team.
• Automate testing processes and manual workflows to enhance efficiency and accuracy across various applications.
• Collaborate with team members across different regions, contributing to a cohesive global team effort.
• Conduct client, venue certification, and connectivity for various exchanges and markets.
• Work with business and end users to review business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Test and validate individual applications and end-to-end integration, ensuring high standards of quality. Provide environment support and offer production support as needed.
• Apply SRE principles to improve system reliability, performance, and scalability, including monitoring, incident response, and capacity planning.
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Proficient in Python programming, with extensive experience in its application within electronic trading systems and QA testing.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced knowledge of programming languages, including Unix scripting for automation, monitoring, and surveillance.
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Experience with electronic trading technology and knowledge of the Equities Trading Stack.
• Familiarity with FPGA systems and architecture, though not the primary focus of the role.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external vendors.