JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Lead Software Engineer - JAVA - Equities - Vice President

How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Opportunity to Impact Your Career
We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Equity Derivatives Group
You will join our agile team creating, transforming, and supporting our trusted market-leading technology products using modern technologies and industry best practices. You will join and collaborate with a global team of technologists at all stages of the software development pipeline creating high-quality software solutions in an environment that encourages curiosity and innovation, grows talent, and applies and sharpens your multi-faceted software engineering skillset.
With continuous learning, inclusivity, and developer experience a focus of our work culture, you will work closely with some of the best local and global software engineers, production management teams, traders, sales, Quants, and product owners as well as find opportunities to enhance your skillset and interests by taking advantage of internal and external training opportunities, finding mentors, joining interest groups and communities, and learning from leaders at the firm and industry. Launch your career at JPMorgan as a software engineer for the Equity Derivatives Group joining a team tasked with creating and supporting innovative software solutions for our sales and trading platform that advance our industry-leading Equity Derivatives business, supporting our clients in a first-class way.
Job Responsibilities
- Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
- Collaborate with engineers, product owners, traders, sales, and Quants to develop best-in-class software solutions for our Equity Derivatives platform.
- Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
- Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
- Work within a team of software engineers analyzing and implementing business requirements within an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Work closely with production management applying technical knowledge to support business processes, changes, and end users.
- Lead and contribute to communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies.
- Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
Reasons to use Rodeo
I’m in my final year doing Economics and I don’t know whether to apply for grad schemes now or do a masters first. What do you think?
Honest answer — it depends on where you want to end up. A lot of top grad schemes (Big 4, civil service, banking) don’t need a masters. Let’s look at the ones you’d be competitive for now, and we can decide if a masters actually adds anything.
Also worth knowing: most autumn 2026 applications are open now. Timing matters more than you think.
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
Graduate Consultant — 2026 Scheme
Why you're a good match
StrongYour economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.
See breakdownIt searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Why you're a good match
You’ve got the grades and the economics background, and your bank internship is exactly the experience this scheme looks for. Apply soon — deadlines close within the month.
Experience fit
Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years of applied experience.
- Experience with Java/JVM and the Java/JVM ecosystem, Spring boot framework.
- Experience of TypeScript/React development.
- Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices.
- Experience with object-oriented design and micro-service architectures and best practices.
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
- Good understanding of software design patterns and clean code practices.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
- Experience partnering with product and engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Experience working on financial systems is a plus.
- Experience with finance/derivative products. Knowledge of Convertible Bonds is a plus.
- Experience of publish/subscribe messaging protocols such as Kafka, AMQP, AMPS.
- Experience with C#/WPF desktop application programming.
- Exposure to Relational Database Management Systems (Sybase).
- Experience of Cloud technologies.
- Exceptional client relationship skills including the ability to discover true requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical approaches, drive efforts to meet committed timelines with optimal solutions.


Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
About J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank
J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services, and payments. Corporations, governments, and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk, and extends liquidity in markets around the world.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London