Senior Lead Software Engineer - Payments Tech / Java (Commercial & Investment Bank)

ARCHER; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Coverage

On-Site Health And Wellness Centers

Retirement Savings Plan

Backup Childcare

Tuition Reimbursement

Mental Health Support

Financial Coaching

Job summary

ARCHER in New Jersey seeks an accomplished engineering leader to guide an agile team building secure, scalable payment technology. You will contribute hands-on through coding and reviews while shaping engineering practices and tool choices.

You bring 5+ years in software engineering with Java, Spring, microservices, and system design; you will mentor engineers, manage delivery and stakeholders, and ensure compliant, high-performance systems.

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years of software engineering experience: Java, Spring/Spring Boot, microservices, system design, testing, and ops.
• Leads engineering teams; skilled in secure and responsible AI-assisted development, CI/CD, Agile, cloud-native systems.
• Knowledge of high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems; CockroachDB, Cassandra, and reactive programming preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead an agile software engineering team building secure, stable, and scalable payment technology.
• Contribute hands-on through code development and reviews.
• Guide engineering practices, including responsible use of approved AI tools.
• Manage team delivery, stakeholder relationships, compliance, and engineers' career growth.

Skills

Java

Spring

Spring Boot

Microservices

System Design

Software Testing

Operational Stability

AI-Assisted Development

Security Coding

CI/CD

Agile Methodologies

Cloud-Native Development

Distributed Systems

Team Leadership

Reactive Programming

Job description

Lead an agile software engineering team building secure, stable, and scalable payment technology, while contributing hands-on through code development and reviews. Guide engineering practices, including responsible use of approved AI tools, and manage team delivery, stakeholder relationships, compliance, and engineers' career growth.

Requirements

Requires at least five years of applied software engineering experience, including Java, Spring or Spring Boot, microservices, system design, testing, and operational support, along with experience leading engineering teams. Candidates should also bring expertise in secure and responsible AI-assisted development, CI/CD, agile methods, cloud-native systems, and high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems; CockroachDB, Cassandra, and reactive programming are preferred.

Key Skills

Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Microservices, System Design, Application Development, Software Testing, Operational Stability, AI-Assisted Software Development, Secure Coding, Continuous Delivery, Agile Methodologies, Cloud-Native Development, Distributed Systems, Team Leadership, Reactive Programming

Benefits

Health Care Coverage, On-Site Health And Wellness Centers, Retirement Savings Plan, Backup Childcare, Tuition Reimbursement, Mental Health Support, Financial Coaching