JPMorgan Chase
Executive Director - Senior Principal Architect | Payments Platform
$233K–$325K
Palo Alto, CA +2 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
Tampa, FL
Jersey City, NJ - Experience
- 10+ years of Java development experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering, or related field.
About the job
Leads the architecture and modernization of payments platforms, designing scalable Java cloud-native distributed systems and guiding technical strategy and teams.
What you'll do
- Design and develop high-performance Java applications and architecture blueprints for distributed systems.
- Lead enterprise technical decisions, establish development standards, and evaluate technologies with stakeholders.
- Mentor developers, review code, and troubleshoot complex production issues.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years of Java development experience with proven expertise in cloud-native application design.
- Strong Java coding skills; experience with distributed computing and high-throughput, low-latency systems.
- Expertise in microservices, API design, cloud platforms, event-driven architectures, DevOps, CI/CD, containerization, and SQL/NoSQL databases.
Nice to have
- Master's in computer science and engineering, or related field.
- Payments or financial services experience; reactive programming, big data technologies, cloud certifications, or open-source contributions.
Pay
USD 232,750.00-$325,000.00 base salary; USD 232,750.00-$325,000.00 base salary
Tools
Java, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kafka
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