Trading Platform Lead Software Engineer (Java Microservices)

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

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive design, development, and delivery of scalable trading platforms. You will mentor teams, shape architecture (microservices, REST, event-driven patterns) and implement secure, observable systems across the order lifecycle.

The role emphasizes hands-on Java coding, cloud and containerized deployments (AWS, Kubernetes), and adopting AI-assisted tooling for code reviews, testing and release readiness.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operations stability.
• Deep knowledge of Java programming with willingness to code.
• Proven track record building distributed architectures with large data and real-time distribution.
• Strong CI/CD, DevOps toolchains and test-driven agile delivery experience.
• Experience with caching and messaging solutions (Redis, Kafka, IBM MQ).

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of technologists, contractors and vendors to develop trading applications to high standards.
• Design and implement Java microservices using streaming, non-blocking, reactive paradigms.
• Utilize Kafka, IBM MQ, Kubernetes, Redis, MSK and AWS to build scalable order lifecycle systems.
• Promote AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and reliability.
• Oversee SDLC tooling and AI-assisted development to improve automation and validation.

Skills

Java programming

Distributed architecture

CI/CD

Microservices

REST APIs

AWS

Kubernetes

AI-assisted tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Kafka

IBM MQ

Swagger/OpenAPI

Terraform

Jenkins

Job description

JPMorganChase in Jersey City seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive design, development, and delivery of scalable trading platforms. You will mentor teams, shape architecture (microservices, REST, event-driven patterns) and implement secure, observable systems across the order lifecycle.

The role emphasizes hands-on Java coding, cloud and containerized deployments (AWS, Kubernetes), and adopting AI-assisted tooling for code reviews, testing and release readiness.