Senior Software Engineer, Payment/Check Processing

MUFG in the Americas
Jersey City, NJ

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 120,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

Job Summary:

MUFG is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with payment check processing experience. In this role you will collaborate with other senior technical team members and other developers to conceptualize, design, and deliver innovative technology solutions. You will interact with various technology, product and business teams across MUFG.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and deploy new code to meet the business needs of the stories and features.

  • Maintain and enhance existing code to improve our software and minimize technical debt of the platform.

  • Research technical solutions for changing business needs and participate in team meetings.

  • Ability to work in a process-oriented environment.

  • Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.

  • Ensure the final product is highly performant, responsive, and of the highest quality.

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 6 to 8 years of production support for check processing applications within a financial institution, preferable item processing system from FIS

  • Minimum of 6-8 years of application development using Java, SQL and Linux/Window Shell scripting

  • Application development experience on data platforms, leveraging SQL, ETL Tools and object-oriented languages (Java, Python)

  • Minimum 6-8 years of production support of check processing systems within a financial institution

  • Minimum 6-8 years of development with complex SQL queries, Java script and Linux/Window shell scripting

  • Experience with Java and Java frameworks

  • Experience with check processing system - VisionIP from FIS

  • Advanced knowledge of application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines

  • Experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Unix /Linux based environments

  • Experience managing teams in Agile environments

  • Experience with IDE tools – Eclipse, IntelliJ

  • Strong knowledge and experience with Oracle DB/IBM DB2/Microsoft SQL server

  • Application Security and Shell Scripting

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a closely related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience

Preferred:

  • Web Service development experience (REST/JSON, SOAP)

  • Java – Core, Enterprise, Spring Framework (for Cloud Native Development)

  • Spring Boot or Spring Cloud, Micro Services, Kubernetes/OpenShift

  • Message Queue or ActiveMQ, JavaScript (jQuery/React JS)

  • High-energy, detail-oriented and proactive with the ability to function under pressure in an independent environment.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $137K - $182K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Posted 2025-08-16

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