Director of Software Engineering, C++, Equities Trading Technologies

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Singapore · Commercial & Investment Bank

Director of Software Engineering for Equities Trading Technologies in Singapore, focusing on designing, developing, and optimizing ultra-low-latency C++ trading systems for APAC exchanges. Responsibilities include architecting exchange connectivity, building and scaling the engineering team, defining technology roadmaps, and collaborating with global peers and trading desks. Requires extensive C++ and low-latency systems experience, team leadership, and distributed systems expertise.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the design, development, and optimization of ultra-low-latency trading systems in C++ for equity derivatives market making across APAC exchanges
  2. Architect exchange connectivity solutions for Asian markets including FIX protocol and native binary exchange protocols
  3. Build and scale the Singapore engineering team, establishing hiring pipelines and university partnerships to grow the team from ground up
  4. Define technology roadmap for trading systems expansion and drive strategic technical decisions across the region
  5. Partner with global engineering peers in Hong Kong, New York, and London to deliver cross-region platform capabilities

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, or other related disciplines
  • 10 or more years of software engineering experience in engineering concepts with 15+ years of applied experience, including 10+ years in trading systems
  • Expert-level proficiency in C++ development (C++14/17/20) with demonstrated experience building ultra-low-latency systems
  • Proven track record of building and scaling engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and developing senior engineers
  • Strong knowledge of low-latency optimization techniques
  • Experience with exchange connectivity including FIX protocol, binary exchange protocols, TCP/UDP socket programming, and multicast market data
  • Expertise in designing, building, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems with high-availability and automatic failover
  • Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across global, matrixed organizations and drive consensus among senior stakeholders
  • Experience with configuration management, build tools, and continuous integration environments such as Jenkins

Nice to have

  • Direct experience with Asian exchange protocols
  • Knowledge of options Greeks, market making strategies, volatility trading, and derivatives pricing
  • Experience building market data feed handlers and order management systems for high-throughput, latency-sensitive environments
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices

What the JD emphasized

  • ultra-low-latency trading systems
  • C++ development (C++14/17/20)
  • building and scaling engineering teams