Job Description
The Quantitative Trading & Research (QTR) group is responsible for systematic
trading across FX, Rates, Commodities, Credit, Equity and a wide range of
markets. Within QTR, AI Market Lab brings together quantitative research, modern
artificial intelligence, market microstructure, and high-performance engineering
to develop the next generation of electronic trading capabilities. Our work
spans signal research, pricing, market making, execution, portfolio
construction, risk management, and the production systems that support them. We
are hiring globally across New York, London, Singapore or Hong Kong.
Job Summary
As an Associate or Vice President for the QTR team, you will build the research
and production technology behind AI-driven systematic trading. You will work at
the boundary of quantitative research, low-latency engineering, and ML
infrastructure, creating reliable platforms that shorten the path from raw
market data and research prototypes to monitored, resilient production
strategies.
This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy turning ambiguous research
requirements into clean interfaces, fast systems, and reproducible
workflows—without losing sight of trading realities like latency, determinism,
and operational risk.
Job Responsibilities
Design and build high-performance market-data, feature-computation,
backtesting, simulation, model-serving, execution, and monitoring components
for systematic trading.
Develop reliable low-latency C++ services and APIs that integrate
quantitative models with real-time market data, pricing, risk controls, and
order-management systems.
Build scalable data and research pipelines that support granular historical
data, reproducible experiments, distributed computation, and rapid strategy
iteration.
Optimize critical paths for throughput, tail latency, memory efficiency,
resilience, and deterministic behavior; use profiling and measurement to
guide engineering decisions.
Productionize machine-learning models, including training workflows, model
versioning, real-time inference, deployment automation, observability, and
rollback controls.
Partner with researchers and traders to translate strategy requirements into
robust software, improve research-to-production consistency, and support live
systems.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in computer science, engineering, mathematics,
or a related technical discipline (or equivalent professional experience).
2+ years of professional experience in software engineering, quantitative
development, low-latency systems, or ML infrastructure.
Strong modern C++ skills: data structures, concurrency, memory management,
performance profiling, and production debugging.
Proficiency in Python and experience building software for quantitative
researchers or other data-intensive applications.
Solid understanding of distributed systems, testing, software design,
reliability, and operating production services end-to-end.
Evidence of owning performance-critical systems from design → deployment →
monitoring → incident resolution.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with electronic trading architecture: exchange connectivity,
market-data normalization, order management, pre-trade risk, or execution
systems.
Knowledge of Linux performance engineering: kernel/network tuning, lock-free
programming, hardware-aware optimization, or FPGA-adjacent systems.
Experience with ML/data tooling such as PyTorch, JAX, CUDA, GPU clusters,
Ray, Kafka, Kubernetes, Spark, or comparable technologies.
Understanding of market microstructure, backtesting pitfalls, transaction
costs, and the operational needs of live quantitative strategies.
Experience in environments operating real-time systems (hedge fund,
proprietary trading firm, market maker, exchange, or financial institution).
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
[https://careers.jpmorgan.com/us/en/how-we-hire/faqs] for more information about
requesting an accommodation.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including
Disability/Veterans
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.