Lead Java Developer, Platform Engineering

Salary: $215,000 - 162,000 per year Requirements:

• We hold a bachelors or masters degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline, or have equivalent practical experience backed by substantial software engineering experience.
• We bring 8-10+ years of strong software development experience with core Java, object-oriented programming, design patterns, and relevant backend or frontend technologies such as Spring, TypeScript, JavaScript, Angular, React, or Python.
• We have a proven record of building high-quality software using design-led, test-driven, and Agile engineering practices, along with experience using relevant open-source frameworks and development tools.
• We have experience with relational databases, highly available distributed non-relational storage platforms, scalable distributed data and caching platforms, and distributed event streaming and messaging platforms.
• We demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to understand financial or investment-related challenges and build effective relationships with partner teams, sponsors, and user groups.
• We have experience leading software projects or development teams and owning the design and technical quality of a significant application, system, or component.
• We have exposure to application programming interfaces, microservices, cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, software delivery and operations tools such as Azure DevOps, optimization or algorithms, or artificial intelligence-related products and research environments.

• We collaborate across offices and countries with engineering colleagues, product management, and business partners to define product roadmaps and delivery priorities.
• We evolve CI/CD pipelines, build systems, package-management capabilities, enterprise-grade container orchestration platforms, and OCI container image packaging and runtime, while supporting operational teams through testing, code reviews, resilience practices, and level-two production support.
• We deliver efficient, highly available, concurrent, and fault-tolerant software systems.
• We design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues, dependencies, and potential roadblocks.
• We apply established software engineering practices across the development lifecycle, including design-focused and test-driven approaches.
• We promote an inclusive and collaborative culture through recruiting, management actions, and employee engagement.
• We lead individual projects by managing priorities, deadlines, deliverables, and technical decisions using Agile methodologies.

• AI
• Angular
• Azure
• Backend
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Frontend
• Support
• Java
• JavaScript
• Python
• React
• Spring
• TypeScript
• microservices

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We are collaborating with hackajob to connect with exceptional professionals for this Lead Java Developer, Software Engineering - Platform Engineering role. Our Platform Engineering team architects and builds the foundational technology behind Aladdin, our investment operating system, supporting real-time money management through risk analytics, portfolio management, trading, and operations capabilities. We build core infrastructure and platforms that improve developer productivity, stability, and performance across Aladdin applications, and you will work with colleagues across offices and countries on technology used by financial institutions and investment professionals worldwide. We offer a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents, and Flexible Time Off. Our hybrid work model requires at least 4 days in the office per week and 1 day working from home, supporting collaboration, apprenticeship, and flexibility. For New York, NY, the salary range is USD$215,000.00 - USD$162,000.00, and employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. We are committed to inclusion, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations, and we also encourage thoughtful AI use during the hiring process while focusing interviews on your own experience, thinking, and judgment.

last updated 42 week of 2026