Head of Options Trading Technology
JPMorgan Chase is a leading global financial services firm that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence within its teams. As part of their Equities Trading Technologies division, they foster a culture that emphasizes continuous improvement and technical leadership. This role involves leading a technical area focused on options trading, driving impactful projects across departments, and shaping strategic technology decisions.
Role Overview:
The Head of Options Trading Technology is responsible for leading the development and optimization of trading systems that support options Market Making and related strategies. You will oversee a global team, collaborate with key stakeholders, and ensure the delivery of high-performance, low-latency trading solutions that meet the firm's business objectives in Asia.
Key Skills & Experience:
• Extensive experience in trading systems, particularly options-related strategies and market making
• Proven leadership in building, scaling, and mentoring engineering teams
• Deep knowledge of low-latency optimization techniques
• Strong understanding of exchange connectivity, including protocols such as FIX and native binary exchange protocols
• Expertise in designing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems with high availability
• Familiarity with development environments like Jenkins and continuous integration practices
• Knowledge of Asian exchange protocols and derivatives pricing (preferred but not mandatory)
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the design, development, and operational management of options trading systems
• Architect exchange connectivity solutions and optimize latency for Asian markets
• Build and scale the engineering team in Singapore, establishing hiring pipelines and university partnerships
• Define the technological roadmap for expanding trading systems and drive strategic technical decisions
• Collaborate with global teams to deliver cross-region platform capabilities
• Mentor and develop engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement
• Work closely with trading desks, quantitative researchers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Promote firmwide frameworks, tools, and engineering best practices, driving the adoption of modern development methodologies
Requirements:
• Right to work in the relevant location
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related discipline
• 10+ years of software engineering experience with 15+ years of applied experience, including 10+ years in trading systems
• Expert-level proficiency in C++ (C++14/17/20)
• On-site working environment in Singapore
• Permanent employment within the Asia region
Candidates with experience in Asian exchange protocols, options Greeks, market making strategies, volatility trading, derivatives pricing, and high-throughput, latency-sensitive environments will find this role particularly suitable.
If you meet the requirements and are interested in leading innovative trading technology at JPMorgan Chase, please apply now.
