JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Lead Software Engineer (UI) - Digital Markets Execution Technology (DMET)
Join Digital Markets Execution Technology (DMET) to shape the future of Execute, our front-office trading platform powering Markets businesses. As a Lead Software Engineer (UI), you will set the front-end technical direction and lead hands-on delivery of a latency-sensitive, real-time user experience used directly by traders and sales. You will partner closely with business stakeholders, product specialists, designers, and control partners to build intuitive, high-signal workflows at scale. You will also directly lead a small team of mid-level engineers, fostering their growth and maintaining a high-performing, inclusive team culture. This role emphasizes engineering excellence, operational readiness, and secure, compliant delivery in a fast-paced global environment.
About the Role
The Front Office is a dynamic team resolving mark-up values across all equity and fixed income asset classes around the globe. Every minute, the team executes deals worth over $17Bn, handled by more than 38,000 employees, supported by the voice of over 270M clients.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of user interface capabilities across Execute, from discovery to production support
- Set front-end technical direction, including:
- Architecture
- Standards
- Performance
- Testing strategy
- Partner with product, business stakeholders, and designers to translate trading workflows into intuitive UX
- Drive quality through:
- Thorough testing
- Troubleshooting
- Performance optimization
- Build high-performance, real-time UIs with strong responsiveness and stability
- Establish and evolve scalable UI architecture, including:
- Component libraries
- Shared platform services
- Drive engineering excellence through:
- Code reviews
- Quality gates
- CI/CD
- Observability
- Operational readiness
- Ensure secure, compliant development practices aligned to firm standards
- Directly manage and mentor a small team of mid-level engineers, providing:
- Technical guidance
- Career development support
- Day-to-day coaching to cultivate an inclusive, high-performing team culture
- Collaborate with backend, platform, and SRE partners to deliver end-to-end solutions
- Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices, including:
- AI-assisted code review/refactoring
- Test strategy acceleration
- Incident/root-cause analysis support
- Set team expectations for validating AI outputs for:
- Correctness
- Performance
- Security
- Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including:
- Enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development
- Automation capabilities
- Improve value realized by automation
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Required Qualifications / Skills
- Hands-on experience building production UIs with React and TypeScript in large-scale applications
- Strong knowledge of modern front-end engineering, including:
- State management
- Asynchronous data flows
- UI architecture
- Expertise in:
- Performance optimization
- Testing strategies
- Automation in CI/CD pipelines
- Experience delivering real-time or data-intensive user experiences
- Demonstrated technical leadership in:
- Setting standards
- Leading designs
- Directly managing or mentoring small teams of mid-level engineers
- Solid software engineering fundamentals, including:
- Object-oriented/design patterns
- Debugging
- Documentation
- Familiarity with agentic development approaches across the software development lifecycle
- Strong communication and people skills, including the ability to:
- Effectively work in global, cross-functional environments
- Support day-to-day development and growth of direct reports
- Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently
- Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g.,-coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting)
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including:
- Data sensitivity considerations
- Secure handling of inputs/outputs
- Adherence to resiliency and security expectations
- Experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
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Preferred Qualifications / Skills
- Experience in front-office trading or electronic execution domains
- Familiarity with financial market concepts and protocols
- Experience with:
- UI component libraries
- Advanced data grid patterns
- Visualization
- Exposure to:
- Backend-for-frontend patterns
- Event-driven architectures
- API design collaboration
- Experience operating UIs in regulated environments with strong:
- Auditability
- Controls
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 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
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 is a global leader across:
- Banking
- Markets
- Securities services
- Payments
Entities around the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries through over 38,000 employees, serving more than 270M clients. The bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk, and extends liquidity in markets worldwide.
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