Senior Lead Java Engineer - Trading Platform

JP Morgan Chase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive the design and delivery of scalable trading technology within Asset & Wealth Management. You will lead a team of technologists, build microservices in Java, and apply AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality, speed, and security.

You will work with Kafka, Kubernetes, Redis, AWS, and OpenAPI, guide API design, promote domain-driven design, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring robust logging and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on delivery
• Deep Java expertise and willingness to code
• Proven track record building distributed systems with big data and real-time distribution
• Strong CI/CD, DevOps practices and test-driven agile delivery
• Experience with Redis, Kafka, IBM MQ and cloud-native architectures
• Knowledge of microservices, REST, SQL/NoSQL, and event-driven design
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and responsible AI practices
• Ability to mentor senior engineers and lead teams independently

Responsibilities

• Leads a team of technologists, contractors and vendors to develop and deploy trading applications
• Designs and implements microservices in Java with streaming, non-blocking and reactive patterns
• Uses Kafka, IBM MQ, Kubernetes, Redis, MSK and AWS to build scalable systems across order lifecycle
• Drives AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery speed
• Guides API design and Swagger/OpenAPI documentation; ensures logging, security and monitoring
• Promotes domain-driven design and architecture for multi-asset trading platform
• Mentors junior engineers and fosters growth within the team

Skills

Java programming

CI/CD

DevOps tooling

Mentoring

Agile delivery

Microservices

REST APIs

SQL

NoSQL

Cloud-native

AI-assisted tools

Education

Software engineering training

Tools

Kafka

IBM MQ

Kubernetes

Redis

MSK

AWS

Swagger/OpenAPI

Spring Boot

WebFlux

Project Reactor

Aurora

EKS

Job description

JPMorganChase in Jersey City seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive the design and delivery of scalable trading technology within Asset & Wealth Management. You will lead a team of technologists, build microservices in Java, and apply AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality, speed, and security.

You will work with Kafka, Kubernetes, Redis, AWS, and OpenAPI, guide API design, promote domain-driven design, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring robust logging and