Lead Software Engineer - Go / Kubernetes / Python - Public Cloud Engineering

Help build foundational identity services that power secure public cloud platforms across the firm. You will join at the ground level to shape a new Identity and Access Management team, influencing technical direction, engineering culture, and operational excellence. This role offers hands-on delivery in critical security domains and close partnership with global engineering teams. You will raise the bar for reliability and developer experience while helping others grow through coaching and shared learning. If you thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy solving complex platform problems, you will find strong career growth here.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase in Public Cloud Engineering, you will enhance, build, and deliver trusted technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will set architectural direction, guide system-level design, and drive engineering excellence across identity services and platform infrastructure. You will work within an agile team and collaborate closely with partners and stakeholders to deliver coherent, scalable solutions. You will help foster a culture of continuous improvement, inclusion, and shared learning.
Job Responsibilities
Lead the design and implementation of platform services and infrastructure with emphasis on architecture, integration patterns, and system reliability
Develop, review, debug, and maintain secure, high-quality production code, applying engineering judgment to meet standards regardless of code origin
Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability across applications and systems
Lead design reviews and architecture discussions to evaluate solutions, strengthen technical quality, and support scalable delivery
Partner with platform architecture, trust and authorization teams, and downstream Identity and Access Management consumers to align designs across teams
Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to increase awareness and adoption of new and leading-edge technologies
Mentor and coach engineers through hands-on technical guidance
Foster a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, respect, continuous improvement, and shared learning
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and applied experience
Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Experience with Identity and Access Management platforms, role-based access control, or entitlement governance at scale
Proficiency in one or more languages, frameworks, or platforms such as Java, Spring, Go, Python, Terraform, or Kubernetes
Cloud-native experience building and operating services on at least one public cloud provider such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
Understanding of agile practices including continuous integration, continuous delivery, application resiliency, and security
Ability to evaluate technical solutions with a customer-focused mindset and connect engineering decisions to user and business outcomes
Communication skills with the ability to adapt messages for technical and non-technical audiences
Responsible use of approved artificial intelligence tooling, applying critical judgment to validate quality, correctness, security, and performance
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
Experience working in financial services or another highly regulated technology environment with audit and control requirements
Experience contributing to public cloud platform services, developer platforms, or shared engineering capabilities
Familiarity with responsible artificial intelligence use in engineering workflows, including secure handling of inputs and outputs
Experience improving developer experience, platform reliability, or operational efficiency at scale
We are expanding our Public Cloud Engineering organization into the EMEA region by establishing a new Identity and Access Management team to better serve our customers and strengthen collaboration across our global engineering teams. The team will own critical identity domains that support our platform across public cloud infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. We invest in strong engineering practices, hands-on delivery, coaching, and cross-team collaboration, with a focus on continuous improvement, growth, and talent development.