JPMorganChase · 2 weeks ago
Director of Software Engineering- Electronic Trading Services
Jersey City, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$204K/yr - $285K/yr
10+ years expJPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to a wide range of clients. They are seeking a Director of Software Engineering within the Electronic Trading Services Platforms to lead technical areas, drive multiple complex projects, and ensure that technical strategies align with business goals.
Asset ManagementBankingFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives
Work directly with Lines of Business to understand and address their needs and challenges within the compute space within a low-latency Electronic Trading environment
Direct the strategies for server hardware platform, server/OS tuning and automation, and infrastructure application lifecycle
Design Authority for the compute infrastructure application stack, including build and configuration management, and log/metric aggregation
Interface with hardware and software vendors on product roadmaps and to establish the next generation of Electronic Trading Platform infrastructure
Makes decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
Carries governance accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and measures of success such as cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations
Delivers technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domains
Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams
Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Qualification
Required
Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience
Understanding of IPv4 networking, including OSI model, unicast/broadcast/multicast, routing, and network segregation mechanisms
Extensive experience with Configuration Management, preferably Chef or Ansible
Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists
Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
Experience leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager
Practical cloud native experience
Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
Preferred
Mentor SRE and partner teams on automation best practices, technical thought process, and modern infrastructure management
Linux administration, performance tuning, and benchmarking for low-latency Electronic Trading, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Extensive experience with Configuration Management, preferably Chef or Ansible
Performing various research/development/risk-analysis as it pertains to the aforementioned
Understanding of standard cryptography (certs, key pairs, communication, etc.)
Experience with database management systems, preferably PostgreSQL
Benefits
Comprehensive health care coverage
On-site health and wellness centers
A retirement savings plan
Backup childcare
Tuition reimbursement
Mental health support
Financial coaching
Company
JPMorganChase
With a history tracing its roots to 1799 in New York City, JPMorganChase is one of the world's oldest, largest, and best-known financial institutions—carrying forth the innovative spirit of our heritage firms in global operations across 100 markets.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
JPMorganChase has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (3471)
2024 (3469)
2023 (3395)
2022 (3594)
2021 (2515)
2020 (2495)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1998-02-01IPO
Leadership Team
Allison Beer
CEO of Card Services and Connected Commerce
Dan Mendelson
CEO, Morgan Health
Recent News
2026-01-08
Crunchbase News
2026-01-08
Bizjournals.com Feed (2025-11-12 15:43:17)
2026-01-07
Company data provided by crunchbase