Lead Software Engineer - Sr. AWS Platform Engineer
Listed on 2026-02-02
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Software Development
Software Engineer, Cloud Engineer - Software, DevOps, AWS
We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank, youare an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.
Candidates must have a strong curiosity for data and proven track record of successfully implementing AWS solutions with proficiency in software engineering. The ideal candidate will have a strong knowledge of AWS solutions, Java, Python, and data applications.
- Design, build, and maintain scalable and secure AWS infrastructure using best practices.
- Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
- Architect and implement solutions leveraging AWS services such as EC2, ECS, Lambda, Load Balancers, API Gateway, S3, EBS, SQS, SNS, and other storage and messaging services.
- Collaborate with development teams to deploy application code to AWS environments, ensuring smooth CI/CD processes.
- Develop automation scripts and tools using Python to streamline operations and improve efficiency.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize AWS networking components, ensuring high availability and performance.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Expert-level proficiency in AWS services, including:
Compute: EC2, ECS, Lambda, Networking:
Load Balancers, API Gateway, Storage: S3, EBS, Messaging: SQS, SNS - Hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation.
- Strong knowledge and development experience with Python.
- Solid understanding of networking concepts and architecture on AWS.
- Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
- Practical cloud native experience
- Familiarity with Data Engineering and Big Data processing technologies (e.g., Spark, AWS EMR/Glue, Athena) and streaming services.
- Experience working in a Linux environment and proficiency with Shell scripting.
- Experience deploying application code to AWS and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools.
- Experience with SQL and No
SQL Databases, Like RDS, Dynamo
DB, Neo4j.
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