Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase

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On-site
Location
Jersey City, NJ
Posted
44 days ago
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About JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a global financial services firm and one of the largest banks in the world, offering investment banking, commercial banking, asset management, and consumer financial services.

JPMorgan Chase currently has 1117 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Lead Software Engineer

As a Lead Software Engineer within the Cloud Foundational Services team, you will lead the design and delivery of developer platform capabilities to standardize how teams consume AWS networking, EC2, and storage. You will build and maintain Terraform infrastructure as code, including reusable modules, state management, and CI/CD integrations. Your daily work involves developing automation services in Python for provisioning workflows and integrating with AWS APIs while implementing secure-by-default patterns like least-privilege IAM and encryption. You will mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and collaborate with architecture and security teams to ensure operational stability. The role focuses on solving the technical challenge of providing consistent, scalable cloud foundations at enterprise scale by creating reusable platform patterns for core infrastructure components including compute, storage, and networking services within a production environment.

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and delivery of developer platform capabilities for AWS networking, EC2, and storage.
  • Build and maintain Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC) including reusable modules and CI/CD integration.
  • Develop automation services and provisioning workflows using Python and AWS APIs.
  • Implement secure-by-default patterns such as least-privilege IAM, network segmentation, and encryption.
  • Review code and debug complex issues to improve system reliability through automation.
  • Create standardized platform patterns for enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure consumption.
  • Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on design ownership and delivery accountability.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience including technical leadership and mentoring.
  • Expertise in AWS networking, compute, and storage is required.
  • Expertise in Terraform for enterprise-scale module development and operations is required.
  • Expertise in Python for platform automation and services is required.
  • Experience with SDLC, CI/CD, security, resiliency, and operational stability in production environments.
  • Experience delivering shared platforms or foundational services in a large-scale enterprise environment (preferred).

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