Lead Software Engineer - AWS and Terraform

Aumni; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for AWS and Terraform to drive end-to-end cloud solutions within the Healthcare Payments team. You will design, build, and secure scalable applications, lead architectural discussions, and promote AI-assisted development practices across the engineering organization.

The role emphasizes secure coding, automated testing, and collaboration across teams to deliver trusted technology products for critical financial services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with end-to-end delivery
• Terraform IaC: authoring reusable modules, remote state, locking
• AWS design and operation of workloads (EC2, EKS, Lambda)
• Event-driven architecture and integration (EventBridge, SNS, SQS, Kinesis)
• CI/CD pipeline design and automation, including linting and plan approvals
• Experience with AI-assisted software development tools and safe adoption
• Strong security, resiliency, and cost-aware design principles
• Mentoring and leading engineering teams to adopt best practices

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and troubleshooting beyond routine approaches
• Develops secure production code; reviews and debugs others' code
• Automates remediation to improve operational stability
• Leads architectural design discussions and evaluation sessions
• Leads communities of practice for software engineering
• Drives enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices and validation standards
• Applies SDLC tools to improve automation and value delivery
• Fosters an inclusive team culture

Skills

Terraform

AWS

Event-driven architecture

CI/CD

Python/Bash/PowerShell scripting

AI-assisted development tools

Security/compliance in cloud

Leadership/mentoring

Education

Bachelor's or higher in CS/SE

Tools

Terraform

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Job description

You belong to the top echelon of talent in your field. At one of the world's most premier financial institutions, where infrastructure is of paramount importance, you can play a pivotal role.

As an Lead Software Engineer – AWS and Terraform at JPMorganChase within the Healthcare Payments team, you serve as a core technical contributor of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on experience delivering end-to-end solutions across system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for production systems
• Proven Infrastructure-as-Code skills with Terraform, including authoring/maintaining reusable modules, managing remote state and locking, and applying workspace/environment best practices
• Practical cloud-native engineering experience, including designing and operating workloads on AWS
• Strong AWS compute expertise (EC2, EKS, Lambda) and event-driven architecture and integration (EventBridge, SNS, SQS, Kinesis Data Stream), with an emphasis on performance, resiliency, and cost awareness
• Solid AWS networking knowledge (VPC, subnets, security groups, NACLs, Route 53, load balancers) to design secure and resilient architectures
• Experience with AWS storage and data platforms (S3, EBS; and databases such as RDS/Aurora/DynamoDB as applicable) to support varied application needs
• Strong automation and delivery capabilities, including CI/CD pipeline design, integrating Terraform into workflows, automated validation/testing (linting, plan approvals), and scripting (Python, Bash, or PowerShell) to streamline engineering processes
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Exposure to C# and .NET technologies

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT: This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As such, an employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorganChase’s review of criminal conviction history, including pretrial diversions or program entries.

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. Leverage your strong knowledge of software, applications, and technical processes across multiple applications