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July 7, 2026
Senior Software Engineer (Java)
Senior • Remote
Kunai builds full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. Together, we are changing the world's relationship with financial services. At Kunai, we help our clients modernize, capitalize on emerging trends, and evolve their business for the coming decades by remaining tech-agnostic and human-centered.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a high-impact digital payments modernization program supporting the integration of a major card network into one of the largest financial institutions in the United States. This is a hands-on engineering role at the intersection of legacy and modern infrastructure, where you will contribute to both the reliability of mission-critical payment systems today and help shape the architecture that will power them tomorrow.
What You'll Do
Scalability, Performance Testing & Validation
- Design and execute enterprise-grade performance testing strategies for payment processing services.
- Identify performance bottlenecks across legacy and modern service layers and drive measurable improvements.
- Instrument and validate services running on Java, Oracle, Tomcat, WebSphere, PostgreSQL, and OpenShift.
- Collaborate with backend engineers to ensure scalability requirements are met prior to release.
- Translate performance findings into recommendations for engineering leads and stakeholders.
Application Engineering
- Build and maintain backend services supporting card network integration using Java, PostgreSQL, and OpenShift Container Platform.
- Contribute to application modernization and cloud-native migration efforts.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tooling including GitHub Copilot.
- Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical planning sessions.
General Engineering
- Support PCI data purging pipelines and event-driven architecture patterns.
- Work with event-driven services running on OpenShift with Oracle and PostgreSQL backends.
- Serve as a senior engineering contributor across teams.
Required Skills & Experience
Core Engineering
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, primarily in Java.
- Strong working knowledge of Oracle and/or PostgreSQL.
- Experience deploying services in containerized environments such as OpenShift or Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with Tomcat and/or WebSphere.
Performance Engineering
- Enterprise-level performance testing experience.
- Experience with performance profiling, load testing, and bottleneck resolution.
- Ability to design test frameworks from scratch.
Payments & Financial Services
- Background in digital payments, card processing, or financial services technology preferred.
- Understanding of PCI compliance and secure data handling.
- Familiarity with event-driven architecture and OpenShift-based eventing.
Collaboration & Communication
- Ability to work effectively in large, matrixed program environments.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable working in evolving environments with ambiguity.
Nice to Have
- Experience with PGLogical or PostgreSQL logical replication.
- Exposure to AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude.
- Prior work on bank or card network integration programs.
- Experience in segregated or air-gapped development environments.
Minimum Degree Required
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- Equivalent specialized training and work experience may substitute for formal education.
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