JPMorgan Chase
Senior Lead Software Engineer- Platform / Linux Engineering
$176K–$260K
New York, NY +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
Jersey City, NJ - Experience
- 5+ years applied experience; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
About the job
Leads hands-on engineering of high-performance Linux infrastructure for low-latency electronic trading, including platform design, performance optimization, automation, and responsible use of AI-assisted engineering tools.
What you'll do
- Design, build, operate, and tune Linux platforms and deployment models for electronic trading.
- Develop production tooling and automation; optimize latency across hardware, kernel, and network layers.
- Lead cross-team engineering practices, including validated AI-assisted development, governance, mentoring, and vendor engagement.
What they ask for
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
- Strong programming skills for production-grade tooling and automation, such as Python, Go, or Bash; deep Linux and low-latency engineering expertise.
- Hands-on experience with Solarflare Onload, configuration management such as Chef or Ansible, and Agentic AI tools and workflows.
- Experience with IPv4 networking, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code, containers or orchestration, and leading cross-functional technical teams.
Nice to have
- Server hardware selection, BIOS/firmware tuning, and bare-metal provisioning; observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.
- Electronic trading market-data or messaging technologies; PostgreSQL.
Pay
$175,750.00-$260,000.00 USD base salary (New York, NY); $175,750.00-$260,000.00 USD base salary (Jersey City, NJ)
Tools
Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Python, Go, Bash, Solarflare Onload, Chef, Ansible
AI focus
Uses Agentic AI tools and enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development for engineering and operational work, while setting validation, security, and responsible-use practices.
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