Lead Software Engineer - AI/ML Developer Lead

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase & Co. is seeking a Software Engineer II in Plano, TX to join a collaborative, agile team delivering secure and scalable software. You will design, develop, and troubleshoot components within a state-of-the-art technology platform while advancing AI-assisted engineering practices.

The role emphasizes Python, ML frameworks, cloud ML platforms, and strong emphasis on secure coding, code reviews, and automated testing to ensure reliability and performance across complex systems.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with practical experience.
• Experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Hands-on experience building, deploying, and maintaining ML platforms or infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks; data processing with Spark, Pandas, SQL.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and troubleshooting with the ability to solve non-trivial problems.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews peers’ work.
• Drives adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery speed.
• Applies SDLC toolchain skills, including AI-assisted development and automation, to improve automation value.
• Identifies opportunities to automate recurring issues to improve stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on architectures and integration.

Skills

Python programming

ML model development

Data analysis

Cloud ML platforms

AI-assisted development

CI/CD & Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Spark

Pandas

SQL

AWS SageMaker

GCP AI Platform

Azure ML

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Software Engineer II at JPMorganChase within the Consumer & Community Banking, you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components of the firm’s state-of-the-art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.

Job responsibilities:

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Designs, develops, codes, and troubleshoots with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation
• Applies technical troubleshooting to breakdown solutions and solve technical problems of basic complexity
• Gathers, analyzes, and draws conclusions from large, diverse data sets to identify problems and contribute to decision-making in service of secure, stable application development
• Learns and applies system processes, methodologies, and skills for the development of secure, stable code and systems

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• 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
• Hands-on experience building, deploying, and maintaining machine learning platforms or infrastructure
• Proficiency in Python and one or more ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn). Experience with data processing frameworks and tools (e.g., Spark, Pandas, SQL)
• Practical experience with cloud-based ML platforms (e.g., AWS SageMaker, GCP AI Platform, Azure ML) or on-prem ML infrastructure
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
• 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

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Familiarity with Databricks for scalable data engineering and ML platform integration
• Experience working with Snowflake for cloud-based data warehousing and analytics
• Exposure to Snorkel AI for programmatic data labeling and training data management
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Airflow)
• Familiarity with feature stores, model registries, and ML metadata management
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Experience with RESTful APIs and microservices architectures