Lead Software Engineer - Machine Learning

JPMorganChase; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Palo Alto seeks a Lead Software Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable ML training systems on AWS and cloud platforms. You will drive end-to-end training pipelines, run GPU workloads, and ensure governance and observability across environments.

You will collaborate with data engineering and platform teams to standardize interfaces, improve developer experience, and advance AI-assisted engineering practices while maintaining strong security and compliance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with ML systems.
• Experience running ML training in cloud environments and debugging across infra.
• Strong Python and engineering practices (testing, reviews, modular design).
• Experience building automation/CI for ML codebases and deployment workflows.
• Hands-on with deep learning training workflows (PyTorch or TensorFlow).
• Understanding of training performance, stability, data loading, and reproducibility.
• Experience with distributed training concepts (DDP/FSDP/DeepSpeed).
• Ability to profile/optimize training systems (CPU/GPU/memory/I/O).
• Experience with Kubernetes and AWS (EKS/ECR, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch).
• Demonstrated use of AI-assisted software development tools with governance.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain end-to-end ML training platform.
• Run and optimize GPU training workloads and improve throughput.
• Build and operate training infra on Kubernetes (EKS and others).
• Enable Gen AI/LLM training and fine-tuning workflows with governance.
• Implement observability for training systems: metrics, logs, dashboards, alerting.
• Partner with data engineering and platform teams to define interfaces and guardrails.
• Improve developer experience with containers, CI/CD, templates, docs, self-service workflows.
• Promote enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices with validation standards.
• Apply SDLC tooling to improve automation and value.

Skills

Python

ML Training in Cloud

Kubernetes

AWS

GPU Training

CI/CD for ML

Observability

AI Governance

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Docker

CI/CD tooling

S3

EKS

CloudWatch

Job description

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

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 Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within AI/ML Data Platforms, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to build and operate scalable, reliable ML training systems and pipelines on AWS and other cloud platforms. You will productionize training workloads (often GPU-based), improve performance and cost efficiency, and enable repeatable, well-governed training across environments.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain end-to-end ML training platform.
• Run and optimize GPU training workloads (single-node and distributed), improving throughput, utilization and reproducibility.
• Build and operate training infrastructure on Kubernetes (e.g., EKS and other manage Kubernetes platforms), including resource management and workload troubleshooting.
• Enable Gen AI/LLM training and fine-tuning workflows (e.g., supervised fine-tuning), including evaluation harnesses, artifact/version governance, and scalable GPU execution patterns aligned to enterprise controls.
• Implement observability for training systems: metrics, logs, dashboards, alerting, and operational runbooks.
• Partner with data engineering and platform teams to define interfaces, standards, and guardrails (security, access, cost controls)
• Improve developer experience for training: standardized containers, CI/CD, templates, documentation, and self-service workflow
• 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.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Demonstrated experience running ML training in cloud environments and debugging issues across infrastructure & code.
• Strong Python skills with solid engineering practices (testing, code reviews, modular design, dependency management).
• Experience building automation/CI for ML codebases (build, test, release, deployment/promotion workflows).
• Hands on experience with deep learning training workflows and at least one major framework (eg., PyTorch or TensorFlow).
• Understanding of training performance and stability: data loading bottlenecks, mixed precision, checkpointing, reproducibility, and evaluation methodology.
• Experience with distributed training and related concepts (e.g., DDP/FSDP/DeepSpeed concepts, collective communication basics, scaling and bottleneck analysis).
• Ability to profile and optimize training systems (CPU/GPU utilization, memory, I/O throughput, networking, scheduling).
• Experience with Kubernetes fundamentals for running compute-intensive workloads and AWS (eg., EKS/ECR, S3, IAM, VPC/networking, Cloudwatch, EC2)
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Experience running training workloads across multiple cloud platforms and managing portability, performance, and governance across environments.
• Familiarity with cloud-native networking/storage patterns for high-throughput training and artifact management.
• Experience optimizing training input pipelines (sharding, prefetching, caching, format choices such as Parquet/WebDataset) and working with large datasets.
• Familiarity with distributed compute frameworks (Spark, Ray, Dask) for feature/dataset generation.
• Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools (Airflow-like systems, Argo Workflows-like patterns) and model registry concepts.
• Experience optimizing training cost/performance (right-sizing, scheduling policies, interruptible capacity strategies where applicable budge guardrails, quota planning).
• Strong observability practice for training systems: metrics/logs/traces, GPU telemetry, dashboards, and alert tuning.

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT: This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As such, an employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorganChase's review of criminal conviction history, including pretrial diversions or program entries.

About Us

JPMorganChase, 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 an 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. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of 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 & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

About The Team

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