Senior Lead Java Architect: Payments Tech Leader

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Software Engineer III to lead design and delivery of scalable payment tech for global clients. You will build high-volume microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven flows using Java/Spring Boot, Kafka, and IBM MQ within a secure, auditable environment.

You will collaborate with product and operations teams, implement automated tests, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines. Expect architecture work, production monitoring, and responsible AI usage in a fast-paced Agile

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 5+ years of applied experience.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting with ability to handle non-routine problems.
• Partners with product owners and operations teams to translate payment business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Designs, develops, and maintains Java/Spring Boot microservices and RESTful APIs processing payments through event-driven flows.
• Creates secure, high-quality production code with stateful workflows and resilient integrations.
• Writes automated tests and contributes to CI/CD pipelines with code quality gates.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts and ensures design constraints are met by code development.
• Supports production stability through monitoring, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis in Kubernetes environments.
• Leverages AI-assisted coding tools while ensuring correctness, security, and peer review.
• Analyzes production telemetry to drive improvements in code hygiene and system architecture.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

RESTful APIs

API security

Kafka

IBM MQ

Relational databases

NoSQL

SQL

CI/CD

Maven/Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

AI-assisted tools

Responsible AI

Agile practices

gRPC

Protobuf

Python (automation)

Education

Software engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Kafka

IBM MQ

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

gRPC

Protobuf

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Software Engineer III to lead design and delivery of scalable payment tech for global clients. You will build high-volume microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven flows using Java/Spring Boot, Kafka, and IBM MQ within a secure, auditable environment.

You will collaborate with product and operations teams, implement automated tests, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines. Expect architecture work, production monitoring, and responsible AI usage in a fast-paced Agile