Lead Software Engineer - KDB/ Q-Developer

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Markets Technology Team, you will contribute to our Market Data and Orders & Execution KDB database, 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 a large Equities Trading data set and will be providing services for mission critical trading applications.

Job responsibilities

• Write Q code, develop and maintain applications using our KDB and Q 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 analytics 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.

• 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 with KDB product including experience of writing Q code, design patterns, optimization and troubleshooting.
• 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.
• Proficiency in dynamic teamwork and goal oriented environments.
• Organizational skills to be able to juggle multiple responsibilities while maintaining focus.

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