Lead Software Engineer, AWS & Terraform Platform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Cloud Foundational Services to build secure, scalable platform capabilities for AWS networking, EC2, and storage. You will lead technical delivery and set engineering standards across teams.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software engineering with hands-on AWS, Terraform, and Python expertise, plus strong SDLC and CI/CD experience for enterprise-scale cloud foundations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Hands-on AWS expertise, with networking, compute, and storage.
• Terraform expertise for enterprise-scale modules.
• Python expertise for platform automation and services.
• Strong SDLC, CI/CD, security, resiliency, and operational stability in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of developer platform capabilities for AWS networking, EC2, and storage.
• Build and maintain Terraform IaC (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

Python expertise

Technical leadership

CI/CD experience

Security best practices

Tools

Terraform

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Cloud Foundational Services to build secure, scalable platform capabilities for AWS networking, EC2, and storage. You will lead technical delivery and set engineering standards across teams.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software engineering with hands-on AWS, Terraform, and Python expertise, plus strong SDLC and CI/CD experience for enterprise-scale cloud foundations.