Director of Software Engineering, C++, Equities Trading Technologies

Position Overview

If you are a software engineering leader ready to take the reins and drive impact, we've got an opportunity just for you. As a Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Equities Trading Technologies, you lead a technical area and drive impact within teams, technologies, and projects across departments. Utilize your in-depth knowledge of software, applications, technical processes, and product management to drive multiple complex projects and initiatives, while serving as a primary decision maker for your teams and being a driver of innovation and solution delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and optimization of ultra-low-latency trading systems in C++ for equity derivatives market making across APAC exchanges
• Architect exchange connectivity solutions for Asian markets including FIX protocol and native binary exchange protocols
• Build and scale the Singapore engineering team, establishing hiring pipelines and university partnerships to grow the team from the ground up
• Define technology roadmap for trading systems expansion and drive strategic technical decisions across the region
• Partner with global engineering peers in Hong Kong, New York, and London to deliver cross-region platform capabilities
• Mentor and develop other engineers while fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with trading desks, quantitative researchers, and business stakeholders to translate trading requirements into technical solutions
• Champion firmwide frameworks, tools, and engineering best practices while driving adoption of modern development methodologies

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, or other related disciplines
• 10 or more years of software engineering experience, with 15+ years of applied experience including 10+ years in trading systems
• Expert-level proficiency in C++ development (C++14/17/20) with demonstrated experience building ultra-low-latency systems
• Proven track record of building and scaling engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and developing senior engineers
• Strong knowledge of low-latency optimization techniques
• Experience with exchange connectivity including FIX protocol, binary exchange protocols, TCP/UDP socket programming, and multicast market data
• Expertise in designing, building, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems with high-availability and automatic failover
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across global, matrixed organizations and drive consensus among senior stakeholders
• Experience with configuration management, build tools, and continuous integration environments such as Jenkins

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with Asian exchange protocols
• Knowledge of options Greeks, market making strategies, volatility trading, and derivatives pricing
• Experience building market data feed handlers and order management systems for high-throughput, latency-sensitive environments
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices