JPMorgan Chase
Director of Software Engineering-Infrastructure Electronic Trading
$204K–$285K
Jersey City, NJ · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of applied experience.
- Education
- Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field; formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
About the job
Leads infrastructure software engineering for electronic trading, setting technical strategy and delivering compute-platform solutions aligned with business needs.
What you'll do
- Lead technology and process implementations and direct server, operating-system tuning, automation, and infrastructure application lifecycle strategies.
- Work with electronic trading business lines to address low-latency compute challenges and advise partner teams and stakeholders.
- Set design direction for the compute infrastructure application stack and oversee governance, resources, and delivery across business domains.
What they ask for
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 10+ years of applied experience.
- Understanding of IPv4 networking, including OSI model, unicast/broadcast/multicast, routing, and network segregation mechanisms.
- Extensive configuration-management experience using Chef or Ansible.
- Experience developing or leading cross-functional technology teams; hiring, developing, and recognizing talent; and leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager.
Nice to have
- Linux administration, performance tuning, and benchmarking for low-latency electronic trading, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Experience with database management systems, preferably PostgreSQL.
Pay
$204,250.00-$285,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
IPv4, OSI, Chef, Ansible, Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, PostgreSQL
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