Lead Software Engineer – AI/ML

The A12 team is an elite machine learning group strategically located within the CTO office of JP Morgan Chase which tackles business critical priorities using innovative machine learning techniques and technologies with a focus on machine learning for Software, Cybersecurity and Technology Infrastructure. 

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase, within Corporate Sector, AI2 Team you will partner closely with all lines of business and engineering teams across the firm to execute long-term projects in these areas that require significant machine learning development to support JPMorgan Chase businesses as they grow. Your experience in software engineering will help us with the design, development, deployment, delivery, and maintenance of AI products to our clients. In this role, you will be working with other engineers & research scientists in building & maintaining software and infrastructure that supports our team in developing and delivering disruptive AI products that serve our customers in production.

Job responsibilities

• Collaborates with data scientists and research/machine learning engineers to deliver products to production.
• Builds and maintains data pipelines for analytics, model evaluation and training (includes versioning, compliance, and validation).
• Builds and maintains scalable infrastructure as code in the cloud (private & public).
• Builds frontend interfaces leveraging modern web stacks.
• Contributes significantly to architecture and software management discussions & tasks
• Develops/establishes reusable components and patterns that assist in rapid prototyping and overall software development around AI/ML products:
  • Builds and automates and maintains our AI/ML data pipelines & workstream from data analysis, experimentation, model training, model evaluation, deployment, operationalization, and tuning to visualization.
  • Improves and maintains our automated CI/CD pipeline while collaborating with our stakeholders, various testing partners and model contributors.
• Increases our deployment velocity, including the process for deploying models and data pipelines into production.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Proven programming/scripting skills with multiple modern programming languages including Python, Java, TypeScript and similar.
• Experience with web development frameworks ex. React, Vue.js or similar.
• Passion for building great user experiences for the clients, attention to detail.
• Experience in cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP or Azure
• Hands-on experience with software design, problem solving and debugging skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills; able to work independently as well as in a team.
• Experience with database systems such as Elasticsearch, DynamoDB, Aurora, BigQuery, Postgres, Cassandra, Redis.
• Experience in containerization and infrastructure as code:  Docker/Kubernetes/Terraform

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Developing best practices and code reviews.
• Ability to continuously learn and share best practices and provide guidance to less experienced colleagues as they learn.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or Pytorch.
• Experience with data labelling, validation, provenance, and versioning.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 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. For those in eligible roles, we offer discretionary incentive compensation which may be awarded in recognition of firm performance and 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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans