Senior Java Architect & Payments Lead Engineer

JPMorganChase; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Palo Alto is seeking a Software Engineer III to guide teams in delivering scalable, secure payment technology. You will develop Java/Spring Boot microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven flows using Kafka and MQ, ensuring reliability and auditability in production environments.

The role emphasizes agile collaboration, production stability, and AI-assisted development tools, with opportunities to contribute to architecture and code quality improvements across complex systems.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• 5+ years of practical software development experience.
• Experience with Java, Spring Boot and microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and troubleshoot software solutions at scale.
• Translate payment business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Build Java/Spring Boot microservices and RESTful APIs for payments processing.
• Ensure secure, resilient integrations with upstream and downstream systems.
• Write automated tests and contribute to CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

RESTful APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Kafka / IBM MQ

Education

Software engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

IBM MQ

OpenTelemetry

Job description

JPMorganChase in Palo Alto is seeking a Software Engineer III to guide teams in delivering scalable, secure payment technology. You will develop Java/Spring Boot microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven flows using Kafka and MQ, ensuring reliability and auditability in production environments.

The role emphasizes agile collaboration, production stability, and AI-assisted development tools, with opportunities to contribute to architecture and code quality improvements across complex systems.