JP Morgan Chase

Runs a consumer bank and an investment bank

Lead Software Engineer - Financial Markets

Backend EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNew York, NY, USA$156.8k - $215kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience coding in Java or Python, including building production services and performance-sensitive applications.
Background in financial markets, including Rates products, risk, profit and loss, market data, and trade lifecycle.
Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability, with a track record of leading complex technical initiatives.
Strong understanding of real-time and distributed system concepts, including concurrency, messaging and streaming patterns, caching, and failure modes.
Experience delivering software in a large corporate environment with strong engineering standards for testing, code quality, security, and the software development lifecycle.
Practical experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery, application resiliency, and secure engineering, including production monitoring and incident response.
Ability to lead technical design discussions, mentor engineers, and partner effectively with business stakeholders.
Problem-solving skills and ability to learn quickly and deliver high-quality outcomes under time pressure.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of Python-based live risk and profit-and-loss applications, driving continual, iterative improvements across product teams.
Partner directly with Rates traders and stakeholders to translate business needs into reliable, low-latency technical solutions.
Drive decisions on software solutions, architecture, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with a focus on strategic direction and production excellence.
Design and implement secure, high-quality production code, focusing on correctness, performance, and operational stability.
Own architecture and design artifacts for complex, real-time systems, ensuring latency, throughput, and availability requirements are met.
Build and improve monitoring, alerting, and operational runbooks, and participate in production support and incident management as needed.
Collaborate with DevOps and platform partners to improve continuous integration and continuous delivery, deployment automation, and environment reliability.
Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and best-practice standards.
Identify systemic issues, including technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and data quality gaps, and drive remediation aligned with long-term platform goals.
Influence and shape a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Desired Qualifications

Exposure to Deephaven or similar real-time analytics and user-interface platforms and their ecosystems, including installation and runtime dependencies such as Java, and related operational considerations.
Experience with DevOps practices for low-latency services, including deployments, observability, capacity and performance testing, and environment management.
Understanding of user-interface programming for web or desktop and collaboration across user-interface and backend boundaries to deliver trader-facing workflows.
Familiarity with Java and/or mixed-language environments where Python services interact with Java Virtual Machine-based components.
Experience with event-driven architectures and high-performance data pipelines used in front-office systems.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Global Technology, you will lead and mentor an agile team to architect, design, and deliver trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. In this role on the Rates Live Risk & PnL team, you will build and operate low-latency, high-availability Python applications used directly by Rates trading desks for intraday risk, PnL, and decision support in a fast-paced, front-office environment.

The Rates Live Risk & PnL team delivers real-time trading risk and profit & loss capabilities, partnering closely with traders and desk strategists. You will own critical components across the stack—from data ingestion and calculation services to UI and operational tooling—ensuring performance, correctness, and resiliency under tight timelines and high business impact.

Job Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of Python-based live risk and PnL applications, driving continual, iterative improvements across product teams
Partner directly with Rates traders and stakeholders to translate business needs into reliable, low-latency technical solutions
Drive decisions on software solutions, architecture, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with a focus on strategic direction and production excellence
Design and implement secure, high-quality production code, with a strong focus on correctness, performance, and operational stability
Own architecture and design artifacts for complex, real-time systems, ensuring non-functional requirements (latency, throughput, availability) are met
Build and improve monitoring, alerting, and operational runbooks, and participate in production support/incident management as needed
Collaborate with DevOps and platform partners to improve CI/CD, deployment automation, and environment reliability
Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and best-practice standards
Identify systemic issues (technical debt, performance bottlenecks, data quality gaps) and drive remediation aligned to long-term platform goals
Influence and shape a 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 coding Java or Python, including building production services and performance-sensitive applications
Financial markets background (Rates products, risk, PnL, market data, trade lifecycle)
Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability with a track record of leading complex technical initiatives
Strong understanding of real-time/distributed system concepts (e.g., concurrency, messaging/streaming patterns, caching, failure modes)
Experience delivering software in a large corporate environment with strong engineering standards (testing, code quality, security, SDLC)
Practical experience with CI/CD, application resiliency, and secure engineering, including production monitoring and incident response
Proven ability to lead technical design discussions, mentor engineers, and partner effectively with business stakeholders
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to learn quickly and deliver high-quality outcomes under time pressure

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Exposure to Deephaven (or similar real-time analytics/UI platforms) and its ecosystem, including installation/runtime dependencies (e.g., Java) and related operational considerations
Experience with DevOps practices for low-latency services (deployments, observability, capacity/performance testing, environment management)
Understanding of UI programming (web or desktop) and collaborating across UI/backend boundaries to deliver trader-facing workflows
Familiarity with Java and/or mixed-language environments where Python services interact with JVM-based components
Experience with event-driven architectures and high-performance data pipelines used in front-office systems

Base Pay/Salary: New York,NY $156,750.00-$215,000.00

About the Company

JP Morgan Chase

Runs a consumer bank and an investment bank

JPMorgan Chase runs the largest bank in the United States, which serves households and small businesses as Chase and large companies, governments, and investors as J.P. Morgan. During the 2008 financial crisis it bought the failing investment bank Bear Stearns and lender Washington Mutual, and in 2023 it took over First Republic Bank after regulators seized it. Chase takes deposits and earns interest on credit cards, mortgages, and car loans, while the investment side earns fees for advising on mergers, raising money for companies, trading stocks and bonds, and managing wealth. Formed in a 2000 merger, JPMorgan Chase traces its roots to 1799 and is based in New York City.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Founded: 1799

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