Lead Software Engineer - KDB/Q

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Banking's Equities Tech team, you will contribute to our “Market Data” and "Orders & Execution" developed using KDB/Q technology stack , central to our Cash Equity business. This role is pivotal in managing vast historical and real-time data, driving decisions and strategies across financial and trading platforms. You will be working with large data sets and will be providing services for mission critical trading applications.

Job Responsibilities :

• Write Q code, develop and maintain applications using KDB technology stack.
• Analyze, design and implement solutions for regular business enhancement requests and collaboration with global peers.
• Implement new compliance and regulatory guidelines for data systems.
• Contribute in Planning, testing and automation of regular production releases of applications.
• Communicate with global stakeholders, handle regular user queries and L3 production support requests.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills :

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Experience in the end to end development in the financial sector.
• 8+ years of experience in KDB including experience of writing Q code, optimization and troubleshooting.
• Proven track record with KDB, design patterns, troubleshooting, optimization.
• Demonstrated ability in managing real-time application for high-stakes financial operations.
• Able to make decisions in a fast-paced and pressurized environment.
• Strong work ethic and delivery focused.
• Strong communication skills.
• Proficiency in dynamic teamwork, and goal oriented environments.
• Organizational skills to be able to juggle multiple responsibilities while maintaining focus.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills :

• Experience with cloud environments and deployments
• Experience with geographically distributed teams