Lead Engineer – Financial Payments (Java)

Atlas Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Search is looking for a Lead Engineer in Financial Payments based in New York City to lead technical roadmapping and solution architecture. This role is vital in managing distributed development teams to build scalable payment processing systems.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of software engineering experience, a strong background in Java and AWS, and the capability to deliver secure, mission-critical software products.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in Java.
• 3-5+ years in a technical leadership role managing geographically distributed teams.
• Experience building on AWS, proving success with secure, complex software products.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, focusing on feature development and code quality.
• Design secure, scalable payment systems using Java and AWS.
• Drive technical decision-making and enforce engineering standards.

Skills

Java

AWS

Node.js

Python

Kubernetes

Event-driven architectures

Microservices

Container architecture

Payment protocols

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

DataDog

New Relic

CloudWatch

Job description

Atlas Search is looking for a Lead Engineer in Financial Payments based in New York City to lead technical roadmapping and solution architecture. This role is vital in managing distributed development teams to build scalable payment processing systems.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of software engineering experience, a strong background in Java and AWS, and the capability to deliver secure, mission-critical software products.