Lead Software Engineer - Cloud Strategy

JPMorganChase; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Plano, TX seeks a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end cloud strategy across product components. You will drive multi-region resiliency, cost optimization, and AI-enabled engineering practices to elevate code quality and delivery outcomes.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in software engineering, deep AWS expertise, and strong executive communication suited to a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied software engineering experience.
• Deep AWS expertise across compute, data, networking, and security.
• Ability to reason about trade-offs, failures, and dependencies.
• Strategic cost, scalability, automation, and AI integration know-how.
• Hands-on ability to prototype ideas, not only advise.
• Executive communication and independent judgment in regulated environments.
• Experience with approved AI-assisted software-development tools and validation of outputs.

Responsibilities

• Shape end-to-end AWS cloud architecture strategy for all product components.
• Advance resiliency strategy including multi-region, active-active, DR.
• Strengthen cloud cost strategy and automation/infra-as-code evolution.
• Mature AI integration across engineering workflows and scalability.
• Harden cloud security strategy and regulatory-grade controls.
• Improve observability and chaos engineering practices.
• Promote shared architectural standards and leadership narratives.
• Drive adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices for code quality and delivery speed.

Skills

AWS architecture

Systems thinking

Executive communication

AI integration

Security & compliance

Hands-on prototyping

Education

Software engineering certification

Tools

AI-assisted development tools

Cloud cost optimization tools

Job description

Responsibilities

• Shape the end‑to‑end AWS cloud architecture strategy across all product components.
• Advance the resiliency strategy – multi‑region, active‑active, failover/failback, and DR.
• Strengthen cloud cost strategy and optimization across the product; evolve the automation and infrastructure‑as‑code strategy.
• Mature AI integration across engineering and product workflows; drive scalability strategy to meet growth and peak‑demand requirements.
• Harden cloud security strategy and regulatory‑grade controls.
• Deepen observability and chaos engineering practices.
• Raise the bar on shared architectural standards and decision‑making across teams.
• Sharpen how complex technical strategy is distilled into leadership‑facing narratives.
• Drive team adoption of enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI‑assisted code review, testing acceleration, incident analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns.
• Apply 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.

Required Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Deep, broad AWS expertise across compute, data, networking, and security, with proven production‑architecture work.
• Systems thinking – reasoning about trade‑offs, failure modes, and dependencies across an entire product.
• Strategic command of cost, scalability, automation, and AI integration as connected levers.
• Hands‑on depth to validate and prototype ideas, not just advise.
• Executive communication and rigorous, independent judgment in a regulated, high‑stakes environment.
• Proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, AI/ML, mobile).
• Experience leading the use of approved AI‑assisted software‑development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) and setting 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 compliant adoption within delivery practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• In‑depth knowledge of the financial‑services industry and its IT systems.
• Practical cloud‑native experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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