Lead AI/ML Backend Engineer (Python/Java)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the United Kingdom (Glasgow) seeks a Lead Software Engineer focused on AI/ML-enabled production software.

You will design and ship backend services in Python, create APIs and micro-services, and implement LLM-based workflows within multi-cloud environments using Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. You will own software from requirements to production support, work across the SDLC, and contribute to observability and secure coding practices in an enterprise-scale

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on backend development with Python, JavaScript and/or Java.
• Solid database and SQL proficiency for APIs and data access.
• Experience delivering APIs with REST or gRPC and associated security basics.
• Practical experience delivering LLM-based features and agentic workflows.

Responsibilities

• Deliver software through the full SDLC with clear requirements, design, and production support.
• Write maintainable code with tests across application layers.
• Implement LLM-driven workflows including prompting, calling tools, routing and orchestration.
• Build and maintain production-ready inference-time integrations and API gateways.
• Develop REST and gRPC endpoints with proper authentication and input validation.
• Implement SQL-backed business logic powering APIs and microservices.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployments in Kubernetes.
• Contribute to Terraform IaC across modules and environments.
• Improve operability with observability tooling: logs, metrics, traces, dashboards, alerts.
• Leverage enterprise AI coding assist tools with peer review and secure coding.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

Java

SQL

REST/gRPC

LLM features

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Security basics

Agentic workflows

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the United Kingdom (Glasgow) seeks a Lead Software Engineer focused on AI/ML-enabled production software.

You will design and ship backend services in Python, create APIs and micro-services, and implement LLM-based workflows within multi-cloud environments using Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. You will own software from requirements to production support, work across the SDLC, and contribute to observability and secure coding practices in an enterprise-scale