JPMorganChase · 2 days ago
Lead Software Engineer - Python / Distributed Computing
Jersey City, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$152K/yr - $215K/yr
5+ years expJPMorgan Chase is one of the oldest financial institutions, offering innovative financial solutions to a diverse clientele. As a Lead Software Engineer specializing in Python and Distributed Computing, you will design and deliver technology products that support the firm's business objectives, focusing on the development of the Athena platform and its associated workflows.
Asset ManagementBankingFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Analyze business and technical requirements and model workflows required to manage trade bookings and interaction with middleware platforms
Evaluate technology and framework choices to design and develop low latency booking systems that can scale to handle electronic trade volume requirements
Build Telemetry into components and visualization tools and analyze patterns to identify improvements for the workflows
Partner with line of business technology partners to facilitate adoption of strategic offerings
Work across the entire software development lifecycle including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and handover to client technology teams
Enhance the team by demonstrating best practice throughout the software development lifecycle
Identify and introduce automation strategies to facilitate testing across components
Qualification
Required
Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Strong analytical development skills, solid understanding of computer science fundamentals and experience in real-time, resilient, high performance and/or risk and pricing and/or eTrading areas
Demonstrated experience working on distributed systems and with distributed computing on data intensive applications
Experience working on event driven systems, including strong architecture design
Experience with performance tuning system
Creative, quick-thinking, pragmatic, with an aptitude for solving problems with technology and an ability to quickly translate requirements into a sound technical design and implementation
Proven organizational skills, decisive priority management, strong teamwork ethic, excellent verbal & written communication skills
Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Applicant Resiliency, and Security
Preferred
Strong Python
A desire to learn more about the Financial products
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
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Leadership Team
Allison Beer
CEO of Card Services and Connected Commerce
Dan Mendelson
CEO, Morgan Health
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