Lead C++ Low Latency Software Engineer, Equities Technologies

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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

To apply for this position, please use the following URL:

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