Cincinnati, OH

Salary
$85,000–$140,000
Posted
Aug 4, 2026
Location
Cincinnati, OH
Last confirmed open
Sep 24, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A backend-focused software engineer role at a fintech platform company, responsible for designing and building microservices, Java/Spring Boot applications, and API integrations. The work spans async communication systems, database interactions (relational and NoSQL), monitoring, and CI/CD practices. Suits a mid-to-senior engineer comfortable with cloud-native development and cross-functional collaboration across distributed teams.

Mid level · 4+ years · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN · Bachelor's required · Full-time

Must have (7)
JavaSpring BootmicroservicesRESTrelational databasesNoSQLAgile
Nice to have (5)
AWS, Azure or GCPCI/CDClaude CodeAWS KiroReact

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 160 people in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 120–210

Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.

What gives you an edge
Spring Boot14%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
relational databases51%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $124,090 (middle half $97,702–$141,719).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 6, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (5)

The posting lists AWS as 'preferred' within the cloud computing requirement, so it is marked preferred with Azure and GCP as common alternatives. CI/CD and production deployment are framed as 'familiarity with' rather than deep expertise, so they are also marked preferred.

AI tools (Claude Code and AWS Kiro) appear under 'Familiarity with' language in the qualifications section — treated as preferred.

React is explicitly called 'desired' at the end of the qualifications, confirming it is a nice-to-have.

Async streaming/messaging is called out as a responsibility and qualification but no specific technology (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ) is named; it is captured under the API/async requirement via the REST skill and microservices architecture skill rather than as a separate unnamed concept.

The role is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH; no remote or hybrid arrangement is stated.

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