Lead C++ Low Latency Software Engineer, Equities Technologies

Job Description :

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Bank, 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

Design and implement an Option Market Making and Volatility execution platform across the trading stack

Develop and optimize performance-critical C++ (C++17/20) components with low-latency focus

Build low-latency, high-throughput systems handling real-time market data and order flow

Design and implement trading controls and risk management safeguards within the execution platform

Execute creative software solutions, system design, development, and technical troubleshooting beyond routine approaches

Develop secure, high-quality production code review, debug, and raise code quality across the team

Collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders to translate strategies into resilient production systems

Write robust, well-tested code for high-availability production environments improve operational stability

Drive architecture decisions and technical improvements (performance, resiliency, scalability, maintainability)

Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.

Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related discipline

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience on software engineering and building trading systems

Expert proficiency in modern C++ (C++17/20) in performance-critical production systems

Strong low-latency optimization skills (memory management, data structures, Linux systems programming)

Experience with TCP/UDP socket programming and real-time messaging architectures

Ability to design and troubleshoot distributed systems with high-availability requirements

Hands-on practical experience delivering system design,application development, testing, and operational stability proficient across SDLC

Proficient with build tools, configuration management, and continuous integration environments advanced understanding of agile/CI/CD, resiliency, and security

Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.

Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Knowledge of options, derivatives pricing, Greeks, and market making strategies

Experience building market data feed handlers and/or order management systems

Familiarity with exchange connectivity protocols (FIX, native/binary protocols)

Experience mentoring and developing engineers in a trading technology environment