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Lead Software Engineer - DevOps Specialist - Electronic Trading Integration

Jersey City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 25 Jun 2026

About the role

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 & Investment Bank - Markets Technology, 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

Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
Develop Python-based automation, tooling, and platform integrations
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines
Deploy and support cloud-native applications on AWS and Kubernetes
Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools
Improve platform reliability, observability, scalability, and operational efficiency
Integrate trading applications, FIX platforms, and market-facing systems
Partner with engineering and trading technology teams to automate and modernize infrastructure
Drive DevOps best practices across development and operations teams
Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
Adds to 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.
Strong DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, Cloud Engineering, or Software Engineering experience
Advanced Python programming skills
Strong Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting expertise. Strong Bash/Shell scripting experience
Hands-on CI/CD pipeline development (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Bamboo, etc.)
AWS cloud experience
Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, or similar container technologies. Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
Strong understanding of networking, distributed systems, and application resiliency
Experience supporting highly available production platforms
Electronic trading or front-office trading technology experience
Working knowledge of FIX Protocol, market connectivity, and order lifecycle workflows

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

OMS / EMS platforms. Exchange connectivity
Capital Markets
QuickFIX / QuickFIX-J
Low-latency or algorithmic trading systems
Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Datadog, Geneos
Java or C++

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable