As a Software Engineer II, you will develop and maintain applications using KDB/Q technology, analyze solutions for business requests, and support trading applications.
Job Description
Description
You're ready to gain the skills and experience needed to grow within your role and advance your career - and we have the perfect software engineering opportunity for you.
As a Software Engineer II - KDB+/q Developer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Markets Technology Team, you will contribute to our Market Data and Orders & Execution KDB database, central to our Cash Equity business. This role is pivotal in managing vast historical and real-time data, driving decisions and strategies across financial and trading platforms. You will be working with a large Equities Trading data set and will be providing services for mission critical trading applications.
Job responsibilities
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Description
You're ready to gain the skills and experience needed to grow within your role and advance your career - and we have the perfect software engineering opportunity for you.
As a Software Engineer II - KDB+/q Developer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Markets Technology Team, you will contribute to our Market Data and Orders & Execution KDB database, central to our Cash Equity business. This role is pivotal in managing vast historical and real-time data, driving decisions and strategies across financial and trading platforms. You will be working with a large Equities Trading data set and will be providing services for mission critical trading applications.
Job responsibilities
- Write Q code, develop and maintain applications using our KDB and Q technology stack.
- Analyze, design and implement solutions for regular business enhancement requests and collaboration with global peers.
- Implement new compliance and regulatory guidelines for data analytics systems.
- Contribute in Planning, testing and automation of regular production releases of applications.
- Communicate with global stakeholders, handle regular user queries and L3 production support requests.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 2+ years applied experience.
- Experience in the end to end development in the financial sector.
- 2+ years of experience with KDB product including experience of writing Q code, design patterns, optimization and troubleshooting.
- Demonstrated ability in managing real-time application for high-stakes financial operations.
- Able to make decisions in a fast-paced and pressurized environment.
- Strong work ethic and delivery focused.
- Proficiency in dynamic teamwork and goal oriented environments.
- Handle multiple responsibilities while maintaining focus.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience with cloud environments and deployments
- Experience with geographically distributed teams
Top Skills
Cloud Environments
Kdb+
Q
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