Jain Global
Senior Core Developer
New York, New York · Senior
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$3,461 more — $193,461 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $193,461 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- We are seeking a Senior Core Developer who combines deep technical expertise with strong product intuition and stakeholder alignment.
- This is a high-ownership, cross-functional role within a global, fast-moving environment.
Responsibilities
- Design and build internal core platform services (e.g., authentication, user permissions, UI frameworks, data access layers) that power business-critical applications.
- Partner with PMs, operations, risk, compliance, investment teams, and other enterprise-scale business functions (e.g., marketing, or data platforms) to understand use cases, prioritize features, and deliver thoughtful, well-scoped solutions.
- Own core components of the application stack including service orchestration, observability, error handling, deployment pipelines, and shared libraries.
- Drive the delivery of reusable frameworks that reduce development time and promote consistency across teams.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, data, and security teams to ensure resilience, security, and scalability of platform components.
- Mentor engineers and champion best practices across product development, testing, and operational support.
- Design and integrate generative AI workflows, vector databases, and LLM-powered services to accelerate internal application development.
- As an employer, we believe every individual brings with them unique diversity of thought and perspectives to meaningfully enrich perspectives of Jain Global teams to drive competitive performance.
Requirements
- Familiarity with RBAC/ABAC, microservice architecture, and service mesh patterns.
- Knowledge of operational or risk-related workflows in a hedge fund, financial institution or similarly regulated/high-performance industries.
- Familiar with multi-threading concepts building high throughput, low latency systems
- Hands-on experience with building cloud-native apps, containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), CI/CD (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins, Spinnaker, or equivalent tools), and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred, GCP experience welcome).
- Excellent communication skills
- ability to translate between technical and non-technical audiences and drive cross-functional initiatives.
- Experience working with non-technical stakeholders (e.g., operations, risk, compliance, finance) to co-design workflows and applications.
- Exposure to low-code/no-code platforms or internal developer portals.
Nice to have
- Define standards for application architecture, frontend/backend patterns, and platform onboarding for internal developer teams.
- 6+ years of experience as a software or core platform engineer in complex, high-performance environments (e.g., hedge funds, fintech, capital markets, enterprise SaaS, or large-scale data/AI platforms).
- Proven success delivering internal tooling or shared platforms with a clear focus on user needs and business alignment.
- Strong software engineering skills in Python
- experience with C++, Java, C#, or other compiled languages a plus.
- experience with backend frameworks (e.g., FastAPI, Node.js).
- Preferred Experience
Skills
- Experience integrating generative AI and LLMs into modern technical solutions (e.g., LLM orchestration, RAG, embeddings, vector databases).
Compensation
- Jain Global offers a total compensation package which includes a base salary, discretionary bonus, and comprehensive benefits.
- The estimated base salary range for this position is $190,000 to $225,000, which is specific to New York and may change in the future.
- When finalizing an offer, we take into consideration an individual's experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.
Company info
- Job Description: Role Overview We are seeking a Senior Core Developer who combines deep technical expertise with strong product intuition and stakeholder alignment.
Equal opportunity
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
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