FPGA Verification Lead Software Engineer - Electronic Trading Technology

Job Description
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 Commercial and Investment Bank's Electronic Trading Technology team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.
The Jisu team in Electronic Trading Technology is seeking an exceptional and experienced FPGA Verification Engineer to join our ultra-low latency direct market access team. We are a global team with members located in New York, London, Athens, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Mumbai. Our team has developed in-house ultra-low latency connectivity and risk management applications for both external and internal clients. As we continue to grow, we are expanding beyond equities to support markets for other asset classes.
Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Develops complex FPGA verification solutions for equities trading, with a focus on modeling expected hardware behavior.
• Collaborate with users and external vendors to gather requirements.
• Partner with internal teams, including business, development, quality assurance, and operations, to deliver reliable and low-latency solutions.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering* concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) - Python co-simulation, C++
• Strong knowledge of FPGA architecture design in VHDL/Verilog.
• Experience in developing verification strategies and writing complex test benches.
• Strong understanding of software and hardware interaction.
• Proficient scripting skills to automate development and testing tasks.
• Experience with complex system-level simulation using Modelsim/Questasim.
• Working knowledge of networking protocols, including Ethernet/10G and TCP/IP.
• Experience in a Unix/Linux-based development environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with cocotb-based verification
• Experience with Xilinx/Altera architecture and design.
• Proficiency in high-speed/low-latency FPGA design.
• Understanding of Intel processor architecture and bus interconnect technologies like PCI-E and QPI.
• Experience with drivers and memory management.

About Us
JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
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.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
About the Team
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.