Lead Software Engineer, Java, Equity Derivatives Technology

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

Lead Software Engineer in Equity Derivatives Technology at JPMorgan Chase, responsible for enhancing, building, and delivering market-leading technology products. The role involves executing creative software solutions, designing, developing, and troubleshooting technical issues, writing and reviewing production code, and identifying automation opportunities. The Lead Engineer will also lead evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams, drive communities of practice for new technologies, and contribute to team culture. Requires 8+ years of Java development experience, system design, application development, testing, operational stability, proficiency in automation, CI/CD, cloud-native experience, and in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry.

What you'd actually do

  1. 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
  2. Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
  3. Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
  4. Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
  5. Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies

Skills

Required

  • Java development
  • system design
  • application development
  • testing
  • operational stability
  • automation
  • continuous delivery methods
  • Software Development Life Cycle
  • agile methodologies
  • CI/CD
  • Application Resiliency
  • Security
  • cloud native experience
  • financial services industry

Nice to have

  • Equity Derivatives Products and Pricing
  • Python programming language

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years of hands-on experience in Java development
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems