Senior Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase

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On-site
Location
Jersey City, NJ
Posted
44 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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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 · Senior Lead Software Engineer

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer within the Cloud Foundational Services team, you will establish technical direction and lead the delivery of secure, scalable, self-service platform capabilities. You will be responsible for standardizing how teams consume AWS networking, EC2, and storage while driving architecture and engineering standards across multiple teams. Your daily work involves owning Terraform strategy and execution, including enterprise module standards and CI/CD integration, while building automation services and workflows using Python. You will ensure secure-by-default designs involving IAM, network segmentation, and encryption. The role requires deep expertise in AWS infrastructure, Terraform for infrastructure as code, and Python for platform automation. You will solve complex technical issues to provide foundational cloud services that improve reliability and standardization across the enterprise environment while mentoring other engineers on best practices.

What you'll do

  • Set technical direction and lead delivery for developer platform capabilities across AWS networking, EC2, and storage.
  • Own the Terraform strategy including module standards, state management, CI/CD integration, and governance.
  • Build platform automation services and workflows using Python integrated with AWS APIs.
  • Implement secure-by-default designs involving least-privilege IAM, network segmentation, and encryption.
  • Lead design reviews and resolve complex cross-cutting technical issues through automation and standardization.
  • Mentor engineers and influence engineering best practices across multiple teams.
  • Develop and govern reusable Terraform modules for large-scale enterprise environments.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership across multiple teams and initiatives.
  • Expertise in AWS networking, EC2, and storage is required.
  • Expertise in Terraform for enterprise-scale module development and infrastructure as code operations is required.
  • Expertise in Python for platform automation and services is required.
  • Experience in system design, CI/CD, SDLC, security, resiliency, and operational stability in production environments.
  • Proven track record building and governing reusable Terraform modules (preferred).
  • Experience delivering shared platforms or foundational services in a large-scale enterprise environment (preferred).

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