Senior Java Kafka Software Engineer - Payments Platform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City, NJ is seeking a Software Engineer III to join the Commercial & Investment Banking - Payments team.

You will design and deliver secure, scalable software solutions as part of an agile team, contributing to trusted market-leading technology products and driving continuous improvement across the development lifecycle. The role requires strong proficiency in Java/Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, and CI/CD, with hands-on experience in enterprise AI-assisted

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 3+ years of experience.
• Experience in system design and production-grade development in a large corporate setting.
• Proficiency in Java/Spring Boot/Microservices/Rest APIs with database querying.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools and evaluating AI outputs for correctness and security.
• Understanding of responsible AI, data sensitivity, and secure handling.
• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle and Agile practices (CI/CD, resiliency, security).

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems.
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems.
• Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity across complex deliverables (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards; contributes learnings and reusable patterns to improve broader team effectiveness.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Secure coding practices

AI-assisted development tools

Tools

Copilot in VS Code/IntelliJ

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Relational/NoSQL databases

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City, NJ is seeking a Software Engineer III to join the Commercial & Investment Banking - Payments team.

You will design and deliver secure, scalable software solutions as part of an agile team, contributing to trusted market-leading technology products and driving continuous improvement across the development lifecycle. The role requires strong proficiency in Java/Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, and CI/CD, with hands-on experience in enterprise AI-assisted