Lead design and delivery of ultra-low-latency market connectivity systems in C/C++. Provide technical leadership, optimize performance and reliability, own architecture and test automation, champion engineering best practices and AI-assisted development, and collaborate with product and operations teams.
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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank, you'll architect resilient, scalable, and ultra-low-latency systems that provide direct electronic market access across multiple asset classes. You will work on the connectivity platform that sits between our algorithmic and market-making engines, and the world's major exchanges and venues. Your technical leadership will translate directly into faster executions, tighter risk control, better client outcomes, and firmwide innovation.
Job responsibilities
- Lead by example: Provide technical guidance and direction to engineering teams, contractors, and vendors to deliver robust solutions.
- Build excellence: Develop secure, high-quality production C++ code; review and debug code to uphold standards and reliability.
- Drive impact: Influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations to enhance latency, throughput, and stability.
- Own domains: Serve as a subject matter expert across key areas of electronic trading, architecture, and performance engineering.
- Champion best practices: Advocate firmwide frameworks, tools, and SDLC practices; elevate craftsmanship within the engineering community.
- Shape technology choices: Guide peers and decision-makers on the adoption of leading-edge technologies that move the business forward.
- Strengthen culture: Contribute to a team environment built on diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.
- Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- at least 6 years of proven experience in low-latency design and development using C++ and C, with a strong emphasis on performance optimization and deterministic system behavior.
- Advanced C++ expertise, supported by formal training or certification.
- Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability in production.
- Proficiency with C++ on Unix/Linux, including performance diagnostics and tooling.
- Scripting skills to automate development, testing, and operational workflows.
- Strong understanding of software–hardware interaction for low-latency systems.
- Experience creating and automating test strategies and plans for both functional and non-functional requirements, and executing them.
- Depth in application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines.
- Strong CS fundamentals: multithreading, memory management, object-oriented design.
Collaborative mindset: Work closely with Application Development, Business Analysis, and Operations teams.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Solid working knowledge of FIX and binary protocols, as well as market microstructure.
- Experience with low-latency connectivity to FX, Commodities, Rates, Credits, Futures, and Options markets (such as LME, Eurex, CME).
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure.
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 accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
JPMorganChase Singapore, Singapore, SGP Office
One@Changi City, Changi Business Park Central 1, Singapore, Singapore, 486036
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