Senior Manager of Software Engineering -Front office trading

Job Overview

Lead a high-impact engineering team in JPMorgan Chase’s TCIO Trade Execution Technology. Partner with senior stakeholders to raise engineering standards and automate recurring issues—driving platform stability and business impact across fixed income and derivatives.

• Provides guidance to the immediate team of software engineers on daily tasks and activities to execute creative software solutions, including design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches.
• Develops secure high-quality production code and sets overall guidance and expectations for team output, practices, and collaboration.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Anticipates dependencies with other teams and leads evaluation sessions with external vendors and internal teams to drive outcome‑oriented designs and ensure applicability within existing systems and information architecture.
• Manages stakeholder relationships and the team’s work in accordance with compliance standards, service level agreements, and business requirements.
• Creates a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect for the team members.

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5 years of applied experience.
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming language(s)—Java or Python.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS).
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying scalable applications in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and RESTful API development.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with modern monitoring and logging tools (Data Dog, Dynatrace, Splunk).
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams, including product, business management and operations.
• Experience with software development best practices, including code reviews, testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with investment banking products—fixed income and derivatives.

• Experience in architecting large‑scale, distributed systems.
• Ability to drive technical strategy and influence engineering best practices across teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and the ability to align technical solutions with business goals.
• Prior experience supporting trade execution platforms.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined by role, experience, skill set and location. Eligible roles may receive commission‑based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in cash and/or forfeitable equity. Comprehensive health‑care coverage, on‑site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more are also available.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including for disability and veterans. 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.