Lead Fintech Integration Architect - Java/Kotlin

Aether Biomedical; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Aether Biomedical is seeking a Lead Integration Engineer to guide a growing team while remaining hands-on with architecture and development. You will design enterprise-grade integrations across core banking platforms, payment gateways, and financial service providers, shaping our integration strategy and delivering scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes mentorship, collaboration with product and operations, and implementing secure, reliable APIs using Java/Kotlin, Quarkus, and Temporal.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Integration/Software with backend focus.

Responsibilities

• Architect and oversee design of scalable, reliable integrations across financial platforms.
• Lead development and management of connectors to core banking systems and payment gateways.
• Define integration architecture and requirements with product and engineering teams.
• Mentor a team of integration engineers and foster continuous learning.
• Ensure security controls: encryption, OAuth2/JWT, and mutual TLS.
• Drive CI/CD and platform improvements, tooling, and best practices.

Skills

Java/Kotlin

Quarkus

Temporal

Apache Camel

REST APIs

OpenAPI

Security best practices

Leadership

Mentoring

Distributed systems

Team collaboration

Tools

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Argo Workflows

Terraform

Job description

Aether Biomedical is seeking a Lead Integration Engineer to guide a growing team while remaining hands-on with architecture and development. You will design enterprise-grade integrations across core banking platforms, payment gateways, and financial service providers, shaping our integration strategy and delivering scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes mentorship, collaboration with product and operations, and implementing secure, reliable APIs using Java/Kotlin, Quarkus, and Temporal.