Applied AI / ML Lead Software Engineer — Employee Platforms

Next Frontier Capital; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Dublin is seeking an Applied AI / ML Lead Software Engineer for the Workforce Technology Solutions Data Team. You will design and operate agentic AI workflows and LLM-powered applications that enhance productivity and employee experience across enterprise platforms.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to ensure secure, reliable deployments, governance, and scalable solutions. A strong foundation in Python, ML ecosystems, and cloud IRM is required, with a focus on safe

Qualifications

• Proficient Python for production-grade code, testing and tuning.
• Experience delivering LLM-enabled applications with agentic AI patterns.
• Ability to build and operate MCP integrations reliably.
• Solid software engineering fundamentals: VCS, code review, CI/CD, secure dev.
• Experience with ML/AI ecosystems (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn).
• Deploy and operate workloads on AWS: compute, storage, IAM, networking.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver LLM-powered applications for workforce tech solutions.
• Build and maintain agentic AI workflows with tool use, planning, and safeguards.
• Create MCP servers/tools for secure agent interactions with data sources.
• Develop evaluation strategies and improve performance via experiments.
• Productionize models and AI services: packaging, deployment, scaling, observability.
• Monitor model and system health; define SLOs/SLAs.
• Build CI/CD pipelines and automated testing for data/ML/LLM systems.
• Ensure governance with documentation and controls.
• Develop data pipelines and retrieval layers for AI use cases.
• Collaborate with product, platform engineering, SRE, security, and data teams.
• Contribute to platform standards and reusable AI components.

Skills

Python engineering

LLM patterns

Agentic AI

MCP integrations

CI/CD fundamentals

AWS workloads

Tools

PostgreSQL

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Apache Spark

Job description

Join us in Dublin as part of JPMorganChase's Workforce Technology Solutions organization, where you'll help shape the future of work for over 300,000 employees. You'll have the opportunity to build impactful AI solutions, collaborate with talented teams, and grow your career in a dynamic engineering hub. We value creativity, reliability, and a passion for delivering measurable results. Your expertise will help us integrate advanced AI capabilities into enterprise platforms, improving productivity and employee experience. Discover a place where your skills and ideas can make a real difference.

As an Applied AI / ML Lead Software Engineer in the Workforce Technology Solutions Data Team, you will design, build, and operate agentic AI and LLM-powered workflows that drive operational excellence. You will work closely with end-user services, ensuring solutions are reliable, secure, and aligned with firm standards. Your role will focus on integrating AI safely into enterprise platforms, collaborating across disciplines, and contributing to platform standards. You will help foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the team.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and deliver LLM-powered applications that support workforce technology solutions and operational use cases
• Build and maintain agentic AI workflows, including tool use, planning, structured outputs, and safety controls
• Create and operationalize MCP servers/tools for secure agent interactions with internal services and data sources
• Develop evaluation strategies for LLM systems and drive performance improvements through experimentation
• Productionize models and AI services, including packaging, deployment, scaling, and observability
• Implement monitoring for model and system health, and define operational SLOs/SLAs
• Build CI/CD pipelines and automated testing for data, ML, and LLM systems
• Ensure solutions meet governance requirements, including documentation, controls, and compliance
• Build and maintain data pipelines and feature/retrieval layers to support AI use cases
• Partner with product owners, platform engineering, SRE, security, and data stakeholders to integrate AI capabilities
• Contribute to platform standards, reusable components, and best practices for AI engineering

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Demonstrate strong Python engineering skills for production-grade code, testing, and performance tuning
• Deliver LLM-enabled applications and apply agentic AI patterns, including tool use, orchestration, and guardrails
• Build and operate MCP integrations reliably
• Apply solid software engineering fundamentals, including version control, code review, CI/CD, and secure development
• Utilize at least one ML/AI ecosystem such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, or MLflow
• Deploy and operate workloads on AWS, including compute, storage, IAM, and networking fundamentals

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Model and optimize data with PostgreSQL
• Use Infrastructure as Code with Terraform for repeatable environments
• Apply strong CI/CD experience with tools like GitHub Actions or Jenkins
• Work with distributed data processing and lakehouse patterns, such as Apache Spark or Databricks
• Leverage developer productivity tools like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot responsibly
• Collaborate on end-user services, including VDI, application delivery, and enterprise tooling

Why Join Us?

You’ll be part of a forward-thinking team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. Your contributions will directly impact how we empower our employees and shape the future of work at JPMorganChase.

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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.

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success. Shape the future of work by building impactful AI solutions that enhance productivity and employee experience.