Senior/Lead Java Software Engineer
Doran Jones Inc
New York City, United States
October 24, 2025
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New York City, NY
Engineering /
Full-Time /
Hybrid
We are seeking a Senior Java Engineer to lead the design and development of a global investment bank's data platform.
This initiative is central to their digital transformation, enabling both traditional and AI-driven systems to operate
on a unified, scalable data foundation.
This role offers the opportunity to tackle both foundational engineering challenges and cutting-edge data and AI integrations within the fast-paced, highly regulated Capital Markets environment.
This position is hybrid and requires 3 days a week in the NY metro office. Not open to C2C.
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop scalable, event-driven services and APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS.
- Design and implement data ingestion, transformation, and distribution pipelines leveraging Kafka and other streaming technologies.
- Build and optimize a shared data platform that serves as the backbone for multiple front-end applications and analytical tools.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, ML engineers, and product teams to integrate models and insights into production systems.
- Ensure performance, scalability, security, and compliance across distributed, cloud-native environments.
- Drive engineering excellence through best practices in code quality, testing, DevOps, and CI/CD automation.
- Contribute to the platform roadmap, identifying opportunities for modernization, AI enablement, and business impact.
- Partner with Capital Markets technology teams to align data services with trading, risk, and regulatory reporting workflows.
Required Experience
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with strong expertise in Java (Spring Boot) for enterprise or cloud-based systems.
- Background in Capital Markets or Financial Services, ideally with exposure to trade lifecycle, market data, risk, or analytics platforms.
- Proven experience designing data-centric or distributed platforms that serve multiple applications or domains.
- Solid understanding of Kafka and event-driven architectures for high-throughput, real-time data processing.
- Experience with AWS services (EC2, Lambda, S3, ECS, RDS, etc.) and infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, Terraform).
- Strong grounding in microservices, API design, and system integration patterns.
- Experience with machine learning and AI model integration in production systems is a plus.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills, with the ability to operate across technical and business teams.
$70,000 - $200,000 a year
Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as role, work experience, education and training, skill level, market conditions, and the candidate's geographic location.
We offer a competitive compensation package, including a base salary, comprehensive health care coverage, disability benefits, a 401(k) match, life insurance, paid personal days, paid holidays, and paid time off, among other benefits.
For those in eligible roles, a discretionary bonus may be awarded based on company performance and in recognition of individual achievements and contributions.
Additional details about total compensation and benefits details during the hiring process.
Doran Jones Inc. (DJI) is the leading financial services Data Engineering and Application Development firm, specializing in Capital Markets, Risk, and Regulatory Compliance. We are US-based, helping our clients fill gaps in capacity and expertise, reduce risk, and accelerate change. Our leaders average over 25 years of experience in Financial Services and Technology. DJI is repeatedly engaged by the largest and most complex clients for our Agile transformation expertise and practical understanding of the critical relationship between data, architecture, and application development.
DJI has a mission to place more people from non-traditional backgrounds into sustainable technology careers. Through partnerships with non-profit technology programs in underserved communities and Veteran organizations, candidates transition from tech training programs into real IT careers at DJI. Our unique recruitment policy allows us to create exceptional teams, bringing a broad spectrum of experience to our company and creating anything but a traditional consulting firm.
DJI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of McLaren Strategic Ventures, a private equity firm, that invests in start-ups and scale-ups. They provide a full range of highly trusted domain consulting, advisory services, and innovative technologies globally. Doran Jones is able to offer a broad range of technology, deeper AI and machine learning tools, data intelligence, alternative resourcing capabilities, and capital access to invest and digitize at scale. Our clients benefit from this unique portfolio allowing them to accelerate the pace of their own digital transformations through innovative products and services designed around industry-wide issues.
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