Senior Lead Software Engineer - DevOps with Equities Electronic Trading
Company: JPMorganChase
Location: New York, NY 10020
Salary: $171,000 - $260,000 a year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-07-31
About this role
JOB DESCRIPTION
We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Banking - Markets Tech - Trading / Derivatives Execution Tech team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.
This position will support the reliability, performance, and operational integrity of electronic and equities trading systems, with a specific focus on FIX protocol connectivity. This role is hands-on and operations-oriented, partnering closely with trading, technology, and development teams to ensure stable order flow, rapid incident response, and disciplined change execution. The position emphasizes Python automation, Linux troubleshooting, and Grafana-based observability, with C++ exposure used primarily to investigate issues and collaborate effectively with Application
Job responsibilities
- 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
- Provide daily production support for electronic trading platforms, including **FIX sessions/protocols**, connectivity health, and order/trade workflow stability
- Monitor system health and trading-impacting signals using **Grafana dashboards and alerting** to improve visibility with latency, errors, throughput, and availability
- Lead incident triage and restoration activities during service degradation, including structured troubleshooting, stakeholder communications, and post-i...