Lead Software Engineer, Equities Trading Order Management System DevOps

Job Description

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As a Lead eSoftware Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate and Investment Bank, Equities Technology, 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.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, support, and maintain a robust Equities Trading Order Management System (OMS) platform for global markets, ensuring high availability, scalability, and reliability.
• Collaborate with development teams to design and build OMS features, including order lifecycle management, trade execution, allocation, and post-trade processing.
• Integrate reliability and automation into the software development lifecycle, promoting best practices in coding, testing, deployment, and monitoring for OMS applications.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand client trading requirements and translate them into OMS features and enhancements.
• Coordinate with upstream and downstream teams (Client Onboarding, Exchange Connectivity, Data Quality, Risk, and Compliance) to ensure seamless end-to-end trading flow and accurate order processing.
• Drive and lead impact analysis, actions, and follow-ups on exchange and regulatory events affecting OMS functionality, ensuring timely and high-quality implementation of required changes.
• Automate repetitive tasks and processes within the OMS environment to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Lead incident response efforts for OMS-related issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures for OMS operations and incident management.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to foster a culture of reliability, resilience, and operational excellence within the OMS domain.
• Work with various financial data (order, execution, risk, and compliance data) to support business and regulatory requirements.
• Promote a team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.
  
  

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or other related disciplines
• At least 5 years of related experience in electronic trading systems, OMS, or site reliability engineering.
• Familiarity with Equities Order Management Systems and associated controls.
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems, especially in equities trading.
• Hands-on experience in OMS, electronic trading systems, site reliability engineering, or a related field.
• Proficient in scripting and automation using one or more languages (e.g., Python, Bash, etc.).
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle and agile methodologies, with a focus on CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.).
  
  

ABOUT US

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About The Team

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.