Client Name: Steven Douglas
End Client Name: JPMC

Job Title: Lead Java Developer / AWS Developer-Card Installments Technology
Location: Midtown New York City, NY
Work Type: Onsite (5 days a week)
Job Type: Contract to Hire (1 Year+)

Rate: $80-85/hr W2 on StevenDouglas (Rate can be slightly higher for the better ones)

The Vendor is very specific about the keywords to be there in the resume and the title should match the LinkedIn of the candidate for every project. He does CTRL+F to check.

Notes:
Local NY/NJ candidates only (no relocation)
Excellent communication skills required
State-issued ID required (Driver's License or State ID; no bills)
Interview Required: Video
Open to hybrid discussion but onsite required
Multiple openings: 2 Lead roles + 10 Java Developer roles (total 12 placements)

Job Description:

***** WE NEED TWO SENIOR (13+ Years) LEAD DEVELOPERS TO LEAD THIS PROJECT. CANDIDATES MUST HAVE AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF LEAD EXPERIENCE IN BANKING OR FINANCIAL ENTERPRISES. THERE ARE 10 JAVE DEVELOPER AND 2 LEAD POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR A TOTAL OF 12 PLACEMENTS!

***** CANDIDATES MUST HAVE EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND HAVE RECENT PROJECTS IN THE NY/NJ AREA.

*****Candidates must have Long Projects/Good Tenure, Excellent communication skills and a State issued ID (Not Bills) showing they are Local.

*****Candidates must be LOCAL to the NEW YORK or NEW JERSEY area and COMMUTE into the office FIVE TIMES A WEEK. NO RELOCATION CONSIDERED.

1. Candidates must have EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS/NO ACCENT PLEASE DOUBLE SCREEN FOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND ONLY SEND (9/10) OR BETTER
2. Candidates must already be in the NY/NJ area (NO RELOCATION)
3. Candidates must have recent projects in the NY/NJ area
4. Candidates must have very recent Banking, Capital Markets or Financial services experience.

*** Please make sure that each submittal includes:

1. Driver's license or State ID
2. Link to the candidates LinkedIn account.
3. Below submittal Format

*** Candidate Must Have's on a resume and for submittal:

1. How many years working with: LEAD Java Developer

2. How many years working with: AWS

3. How many years working with: Banking, Capital Markets or Financial services experience.

4. How many years working with: Microservices / CI/CD

5. How many years working with: Recent NY/NJ Projects

*** Please provide all the below Submittal Format details with each submittal. It is required for the client Management system.

• Full Name:
• Rate:
• Location:
• Availability to Interview: One Day's notice
• Availability to Start:
• Email Address:
• Phone Number:
• Visa Status:
• Education - College/Year of graduation:
• Link to LinkedIn?
• Certifications (Please list)?

Java / AWS Software Engineer

Overview

JPMorgan Chase's Card Installments Technology team is seeking a LEAD Java / AWS Software Engineer to support the design, development, and enhancement of high-volume, customer-facing installment lending platforms within the Consumer & Community Banking organization. This role sits within a fast-paced, regulated environment and requires strong backend engineering skills, cloud-native development experience, and the ability to collaborate closely with product, architecture, and risk partners.

This is a contract-to-hire opportunity with a strong path to full-time conversion.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, Design, develop, and support Java-based microservices supporting card installments and consumer lending capabilities.
• Conduct code review and mentor junior resources.
• Build and deploy cloud-native applications on AWS, leveraging modern DevOps and CI/CD practices
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and event-driven services for high-throughput, low-latency systems
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, and QA teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and production support activities
• Ensure solutions meet JPMC security, risk, compliance, and resiliency standards
• Contribute to system scalability, performance optimization, and reliability improvements
• Support Agile/Scrum delivery processes in a highly collaborative team environment

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional Java development experience (Java 8+)
• Strong experience building Spring / Spring Boot microservices
• Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS/DynamoDB, Lambda, ECS/EKS, IAM, CloudWatch)
• Experience developing REST APIs and working with JSON/XML payloads
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design, design patterns, and clean code principles
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling (Jenkins, GitHub/GitLab, etc.)
• Experience working in Agile environments
• Ability to work onsite in NYC 5 days per week

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Experience in financial services, consumer banking, credit cards, or lending platforms
• Exposure to Kafka or event-driven architectures
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS)
• Knowledge of security, compliance, and risk controls in regulated environments
• Prior experience working at JPMorgan Chase or other Tier-1 banks

Contract-to-Hire Details

• Long-term contract with strong potential for full-time conversion
• Full integration into JPMC engineering teams and standards
• Opportunity to work on high-visibility consumer financial products used at massive scale