KDB - Senior Lead eSoftware Engineer

Job Summary

Senior Lead Software Engineer in JPMorgan Chase’s Commercial & Investment Bank, Electronic Trading Technology. Works in an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way.

Salary: $171,000 – $260,000.

Location:

Jersey City, NJ.

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develops secure and high‑quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Does core development and delivery of KDB based systems, including framework development.
• Leads team members via book of work management and improves the team through SDLC, testing and continuous improvement of coding standards.
• Develops scalable real‑time processing solutions using agile methodology.
• Drives decisions that influence 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.
• Influences peers and project decision‑makers to consider the use and application of leading‑edge technologies.
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

• 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) KDB, Q language.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods; advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
• Development lead and mentoring experience: requirements capture, task decomposition, time and effort estimation, delivery planning, testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Deep understanding of KDB technology and Q language; solid professional experience using KDB.
• Deep understanding of KDB+ tick design and data organization, including performance implications of different approaches.
• Practical experience developing/running large datasets and optimizing query performance.
• Practical experience scaling and load‑balancing of KDB applications; building resilient and high‑availability KDB applications.
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in‑depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.).
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.

• Experience with market data venue and vendor data platforms.
• AWS experience.
• Experience in Terraform and Kubernetes from managing a production plant in public cloud.
• Experience with other languages such as Python, C, C++, or Java.

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 in cash and/or forfeitable equity. Benefits include 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. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

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.