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Lead Software Engineer - AWS / Terraform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Posted 2 months ago, valid for 12 days
Location

Jersey City, NJ, US

Salary

$152,000 - $215,000 per year

Contract type

Full Time

Tuition Reimbursement

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  • JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer with over 5 years of software engineering experience, including technical leadership and mentoring responsibilities.
  • The role focuses on building secure and scalable platform capabilities for AWS networking, EC2, and storage, using Terraform and Python for automation.
  • Candidates must possess deep expertise in AWS, Terraform, and Python, along with strong experience in SDLC, CI/CD, and operational stability in production environments.
  • JPMorganChase offers a competitive total rewards package, with base salary determined by role, experience, skill set, and location, along with additional commission-based pay and benefits.
  • The company values diversity and inclusion, and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees.

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.

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


Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.



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