Backend Lead Software Engineer - Morgan

Morgan Money has revolutionized liquidity trading across the firm serving our corporate clients in all regions to have next generation trading capabilities at their fingertips.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Asset and Wealth Management (AWM), we are increasing our presence in Columbus and this is an opportunity to play a part in one of the most exciting technology agendas in the firm right now, as we look to grow the solution further by several flag-ship technology innovation streams. This is an opportunity to join the engineering team responsible for the platform supporting:

• $31Bn average daily gross trading volume
• In excess of 6700 active clients
• Over $400Bn Assets under management

• Confidently collaborates directly with Investment Teams, Traders, and Portfolio Managers, effectively bridging communication without relying on business analysts or Project Managers.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, contributing to one of Asset Management’s most high‑profile platforms.
• Operates as part of an agile team, regularly deploying software updates to production and adjusting to the dynamic needs and scale of the business.
• Influences peers and project decision‑makers to consider the use and application of leading‑edge technologies.
• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes.
• Serves as a function‑wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus.
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Develops secure and high‑quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Have excellent programming experience in Core Java.
• Implement TDD and BDD techniques, with a focus on leveraging mocking frameworks for effective testing.
• Demonstrate an understanding of IoC frameworks in Java, such as native Spring or Guice.
• Understand next generation messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka, IBM MQ, Solace or Ignite.
• Strong grasp of engineering principles, including CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.).
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.

• Have exposure to working with trading, FIX engines or related technologies.
• Experience in smart contracts, Ethereum and digital wallets.
• Exposure to cloud technologies and certification.
• Python skills are highly desirable.