JP Morgan Chase

Runs a consumer bank and an investment bank

Lead Software Engineer - AWS / Terraform

Platform EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeJersey City, NJ, USA$156.8k - $215k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least 5 years of software engineering experience, including technical leadership through design ownership, mentoring, and delivery accountability.
Deep hands-on AWS experience in networking, compute, and storage.
Enterprise-scale Terraform module development and operations experience.
Python expertise for platform automation and services.
Strong experience with software development lifecycle, continuous integration and continuous delivery, security, resiliency, and operational stability in production environments.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and delivery of developer platform capabilities for AWS networking, EC2, and storage.
Build and maintain Terraform infrastructure as code, including reusable modules, state and backends, continuous integration and continuous delivery integration, and environment promotion.
Develop platform automation and services in Python, including provisioning workflows, validations, and integrations with AWS APIs.
Implement secure-by-default patterns, including least-privilege identity and access management, network segmentation, encryption and key management, and 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.

Desired Qualifications

Proven Terraform module development experience, including versioning, testing and validation, documentation, and long-term maintenance.
Experience delivering shared platforms or foundational services in a large-scale enterprise environment.

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.
Python expertise required for platform automation and services.
Strong SDLC, CI/CD, security, resiliency, and operational stability experience in production environments.

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.

Base Pay/Salary: Jersey City,NJ $156,750.00-$215,000.00

About the Company

JP Morgan Chase

Runs a consumer bank and an investment bank

JPMorgan Chase runs the largest bank in the United States, which serves households and small businesses as Chase and large companies, governments, and investors as J.P. Morgan. During the 2008 financial crisis it bought the failing investment bank Bear Stearns and lender Washington Mutual, and in 2023 it took over First Republic Bank after regulators seized it. Chase takes deposits and earns interest on credit cards, mortgages, and car loans, while the investment side earns fees for advising on mergers, raising money for companies, trading stocks and bonds, and managing wealth. Formed in a 2000 merger, JPMorgan Chase traces its roots to 1799 and is based in New York City.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Founded: 1799

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