Senior Principal Architect, Payments Platform (Cloud-Native)

Next Frontier Capital; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Principal Architect within Corporate and Investment Bank Technology to lead the transformation of payments platforms and define Target State Architectures. You will mentor teams, influence stakeholders, and own architectural decisions across cloud-native Java applications.

This role demands deep expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and data-driven solutions across AWS/Azure/GCP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering.
• 10+ years of Java development with cloud-native experience.
• Strong Java coding with Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience with microservices, APIs, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience in distributed, high-throughput, low-latency systems.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable Java cloud-native apps.
• Architect data-intensive, low-latency systems.
• Create architecture blueprints and specs.
• Lead technical decisions for enterprise apps.
• Mentor developers and guide cross-functional teams.
• Code reviews and production issue troubleshooting.

Skills

Java

Cloud-native design

Distributed systems

Microservices

CI/CD

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Spring Boot

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Principal Architect within Corporate and Investment Bank Technology to lead the transformation of payments platforms and define Target State Architectures. You will mentor teams, influence stakeholders, and own architectural decisions across cloud-native Java applications.

This role demands deep expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and data-driven solutions across AWS/Azure/GCP.