Lead Software Engineer- Equities

This onsite role in Houston, TX places you in JPMorgan Chase's Equities Electronic Trading Technology team, with a benefits-focused environment that prioritizes career growth, health, and financial well being. Expect a competitive compensation package including base salary with potential commission or discretionary incentive compensation and cash and/or forfeitable equity, plus comprehensive health coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, retirement savings, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, and financial coaching. The culture emphasizes diversity, inclusion, and collaboration across a global team.

As a Lead Software Engineer within the Equities Electronic Trading Technology group, you will deliver secure, scalable software and guide AI-assisted engineering practices across multiple technical areas to support the firm’s objectives.

Benefits

• Base salary with potential commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation
• Cash and/or forfeitable equity
• Comprehensive health care coverage
• On-site health and wellness centers
• Retirement savings plan
• Backup childcare
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mental health support
• Financial coaching

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and troubleshoot creative software solutions, going beyond routine approaches to tackle complex problems
• Identify opportunities to reduce toil and automate recurring remediation to improve operational stability
• Promote enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to raise code quality, speed of delivery, and operational outcomes, while upholding secure coding, peer review, and automated testing standards and encouraging reuse
• Leverage the SDLC toolchain and AI-enabled development to maximize automation value
• Make decisions that shape product design, application functionality, and technical operations
• Influence peers and project stakeholders to adopt leading-edge technologies
• Understand CI/CD needs and lead communities of practice to raise awareness of new technologies
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review others' work
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to probe architectural designs and applicability within existing systems
• Contribute to a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Requirements

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts, computer science, or computer engineering with 5+ years of applied experience
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Strong knowledge of at least one mainstream language (Java, C++, Python, Go, Kotlin, TypeScript, C#, etc.)
• Proven experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools, with the ability to set team expectations for AI output correctness, performance, and security
• Solid understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, secure handling, resiliency, and coaching engineers on safe adoption
• Proficiency in low latency, real-time, scalable trading systems and familiarity with algorithmic trading, including systematic trading
• Ability to work effectively within a global team (NA, EMEA, APAC) and contribute to the Equities technology organization
• Broad understanding of best practices for building efficient software and adherence to guardrails
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with minimal oversight; experience with FinOps
• Familiarity with CI/CD and practical knowledge of tools such as Jenkins or TeamCity
• Experience with high throughput messaging APIs and middleware products

Technologies

• Java
• C++
• Python
• Go
• Kotlin
• TypeScript
• C#
• Jenkins
• TeamCity

About Us

JPMorgan Chase is a long standing financial institution offering innovative solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses, and prominent corporate, institutional, and government clients worldwide. Our history spans more than 200 years, and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, payment processing, and asset management. We offer a competitive total rewards package based on role, experience, and location, including potential incentive compensation and a broad benefits program. We value the talents of a diverse global workforce and are committed to equal opportunity, without discrimination on any protected characteristic.

JPMorgan Chase & Co is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.

About the Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank operates as a global leader across banking, markets, securities services, and payments. Corporations, governments, and institutions rely on us in more than 100 countries for strategic advice, capital formation, risk management, and liquidity solutions.