Lead Cloud Platform Engineer: AWS, Terraform & Python

JP Morgan Chase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Cloud Foundational Services to build secure, scalable platform capabilities that standardize how teams consume AWS networking, EC2, and storage.

You will lead technical delivery, raise engineering standards, and partner across teams to enable enterprise-scale cloud foundations. 5+ years of experience and strong Terraform/Python/AWS skills are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with leadership responsibilities.
• AWS expertise with hands-on networking, compute, and storage.
• Terraform expertise for enterprise-scale module development and operations.
• Python expertise for platform automation and services.
• Strong SDLC, CI/CD, security, resiliency, and production reliability experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of developer platform capabilities for AWS networking, EC2, and storage.
• Build and maintain Terraform IaC with reusable modules, state handling, CI/CD integration, and environment promotion.
• Develop platform automation and services in Python for provisioning workflows and AWS API integrations.
• Implement secure-by-default patterns (least-privilege IAM, network segmentation, encryption/KMS, secure storage).
• Review code, debug complex issues, and improve reliability through automation and standardization.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with architecture, security, and application teams to deliver reusable platform patterns.

Skills

Software engineering

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Python

Job description

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Cloud Foundational Services to build secure, scalable platform capabilities that standardize how teams consume AWS networking, EC2, and storage.

You will lead technical delivery, raise engineering standards, and partner across teams to enable enterprise-scale cloud foundations. 5+ years of experience and strong Terraform/Python/AWS skills are required.