Lead Software Engineer - AWS / Terraform

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

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join Cloud Foundational Services in Jersey City. You will build secure, scalable, self-service platform capabilities that standardize how teams consume AWS networking, EC2, and storage.

You will lead technical delivery, raise engineering standards, and mentor engineers across teams to enable enterprise-scale cloud foundations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering with technical leadership.
• Deep hands-on AWS networking, compute, and storage.
• Terraform module development for enterprise-scale.
• Strong SDLC, CI/CD, security, resiliency, and operational stability.
• Python for platform automation and services.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of developer platform capabilities for AWS networking, EC2, and storage.
• Build and maintain Terraform IaC (reusable modules, state/backends, CI/CD integration, environment promotion).
• Develop platform automation and services in Python (provisioning workflows, validations, integrations with AWS APIs).
• Implement secure-by-default patterns (least-privilege IAM, network segmentation, encryption/KMS, secure storage configurations).
• 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

AWS expertise

Terraform

Python

Leadership

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

If you are excited about shaping the future of technology and driving significant business impact in financial services, we are looking for people just like you. Join our team and help us develop game-changing, high-quality solutions.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Cloud Foundational Services, you will build secure, scalable, self-service platform capabilities that standardize how teams consume AWS networking, EC2, and storage. You’ll lead technical delivery, raise engineering standards, and partner across teams to enable consistent cloud foundations at enterprise scale.

Job responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of developer platform capabilities for AWS networking, EC2, and storage.
• Build and maintain Terraform IaC (reusable modules, state/backends, CI/CD integration, environment promotion).
• Develop platform automation and services in Python (provisioning workflows, validations, integrations with AWS APIs).
• Implement secure-by-default patterns (least-privilege IAM, network segmentation, encryption/KMS, secure storage configurations).
• 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.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 5+ years software engineering experience, including technical leadership (design ownership, mentoring, delivery accountability).
• AWS expertise required, with deep hands-on experience in Networking, Compute, and Storage.
• Terraform expertise required, including enterprise-scale module development and operations.
• Strong SDLC, CI/CD, security, resiliency, and operational stability experience in production environments.
• Python expertise required for platform automation and services.

Preferred qualifications

• Proven Terraform module development (versioning, testing/validation, documentation, long-term maintenance).
• Experience delivering shared platforms/foundational services in a large-scale enterprise environment.