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Lead Associate Principal, Software Engineering: Java

Chicago - 125 S Franklin🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $136,000–$136,000🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead Associate Principal designing and developing scalable, resilient hybrid Cloud-based solutions for critical financial risk management and next-gen clearing applications.

Role type

Senior IC software architect and developer (Java)

Builds

Hybrid Cloud-based solutions for financial risk management and clearing applications

Domain

Financial services / Risk management / Cloud infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Java 8+, Object Oriented Design, multi-threading, distributed message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Kinesis), cloud technologies (AWS VPC, EC2, RDS, S3, IAM), Git workflows, unit and integration testing (Junit, Citrus), DevOps tools (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm)

Preferred skills

High speed distributed computing frameworks (Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, Apache Flink), modeling libraries, risk analytics technology, monitoring tools (Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics), OCP Java SE 8 Certification, AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Technologies

Java, Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, AWS (VPC, Security groups, EC2, RDS, S3, KMS, CLI, IAM), Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, Apache Flink, Junit, Citrus, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm, Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics

Responsibilities

Lead requirement analysis and reviews; design highly performing, scalable, secure, and cost-optimized solutions; develop and test next-gen clearing applications; perform code reviews; write unit and integration tests; conduct application and project risk analysis; assist production support with system functionality advice; mentor developers and collaborate across cross-functional teams.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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