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Senior Lead Software Engineer - C++/Java

JPMorgan Chase
Plano, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 5/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/28/2026

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 - Markets Tech - Trading / Mortgages Back Securities team , 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

  • Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
  • Excellent programming and problem-solving skills with 100% hands on developing, support, bug fixes and users' management
  • Design and develop low latency / high frequency applications, technical solutions and streamline technological stack across multiple horizontals with trading tools, system application and pre-trade domain knowledge
  • Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes to lead projects to test new technologies and methodologies, evaluating potential impact to the firm
  • Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus and proactively communicate with management and business stake holders 
  • Conducts thorough analysis of legacy systems and processes to identify areas for improvement and innovation, developing metrics and KPIs to measure the success of transformation initiatives and report progress to senior leadership

     

  • Collaborate with wider SPG Trading, Risk and P&L teams to build scalable and robust solutions that support business needs 
  • Quickly develop proof of concept solution to prove feasibility of technology solutions

     

  • Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software  Development Life Cycle
  • Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
  • 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. In addition, 2 years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise  
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Advanced in one or more programming language(s) and framework(s) (e.g., C , C, Java, Python, Spring boot, messaging systems, SQL/stored procedure, Kafka, IBM MQ, Tibco, AMPS, etc.). 
  • Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
  • Experience in transformation projects with latest technology skills in Fixed Income trading system domain
  • Demonstrated prior experience influencing across highly matrixed, complex organizations and delivering value at scale
  • Experience in working on complex projects supporting system design, testing, and operational stability
  • Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
  • Practical cloud native experience
  • Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
  • Strong understanding of programming and problem-solving skills
  • Experience as a lead software engineer for small or large team
  • Experience with AI/ML and NLP

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