Low-Latency Java and Kafka Senior Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial services is seeking a Low-Latency Java and Kafka Senior Associate. This role involves designing high-performance applications, collaborating globally, and contributing to modern banking technology. Ideal candidates will have extensive Java experience and a passion for technology.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise software development.
• Excellent understanding of Java fundamentals and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance, latency-sensitive code.
• Collaborate effectively as part of a global team.
• Provide technical leadership to small engineering sub-teams.

Skills

Java

Communication

Agile

Tools

Kafka

Spring Boot

JUnit

Mockito

Redis

Terraform

gRPC

Job description

Low-Latency Java and Kafka Senior Associate - Software Engineer III

Job Information

• Job Identification: 210626890
• Job Category: Software Engineering
• Business Unit: Commercial & Investment Bank
• Posting Date: 05/16/2025, 06:33 AM
• Apply Before: 05/31/2025, 04:00 AM
• Job Schedule: Full time

Job Description

Be an integral part of a team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver cutting-edge technology products.

JPMorgan’s Liquidity and Account Solutions Technology team is seeking highly motivated Java engineers to join our global, diverse technology organisation. We focus on providing modern solutions to support the Corporate & Investment Bank’s Payments business. Our critical systems manage client liquidity in real-time, matching available funds to support demands for cash.

We are building the next-generation core wholesale banking platform, designed to operate continuously at a global scale. This platform will support hundreds of millions of accounts and respond in milliseconds to thousands of requests. As a hands-on developer, you will be responsible for building and supporting services for our market-leading liquidity business. You will contribute features, enhancements, and bug fixes – ensuring our codebase remains modern, well-structured, and robust.

You will collaborate with colleagues to perform technical analysis of client requirements, participate in estimation, planning, code reviews, architecture design sessions, and retrospectives. This role offers the opportunity to learn about liquidity from colleagues, stakeholders, and extensive training resources. You will have the chance to grow your skills through our curated technical development programs and dedicated training days.

This exciting role provides you with the opportunity to see the direct impact of your contributions on the liquidity business and receive client feedback from around the globe. While banking experience is not required, you must be a passionate and well-rounded technologist, eager to continuously learn and enhance your skills.

Job responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance, latency-sensitive code, incorporate security requirements and review code written by team members using software engineering best practices
• Write secure, high-quality code and automated tests
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by code
• Identify opportunities to eliminate recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Participate in communities of practice across the group to drive awareness, consistency, and adoption of modern technologies
• Add to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Collaborate effectively as part of a global team
• Provide technical leadership to small engineering sub-teams focused on the delivery of a small epic by transforming requirements into stories and a build plan
• Support junior colleagues in their technical growth
• Provide out-of-hours application support and coordinate production releases

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise software development
• Excellent understanding of Java fundamentals and frameworks (Spring Boot), OO programming paradigms, multi-threading, messaging technologies, and computer networks
• Experience in building high-performance, latency-sensitive Java applications
• Experience in maintaining and troubleshooting software running in a Linux environment, familiarity with the Linux operating system, system utilities, containers, and cloud architectures and services
• Experience with modern testing tools (JUnit, Mockito, Spring Test Framework)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with experience working with globally distributed engineers and stakeholders
• Understanding of the full software development lifecycle and agile approach
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architecture and distributed messaging technologies (Kafka)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands-on experience with another statically compiled language like Golang, Rust or C++
• Experience with gRPC and Google Protocol Buffers
• Experience with caching technologies, e.g., Redis
• Experience with infrastructure as code software, e.g., Terraform
• Experience designing schemas/data structures in resilient SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., CockroachDB)
• Familiarity with front-end technologies like ReactJS
• Certified Kubernetes and public cloud knowledge (e.g., CKAD and AWS certifications)