Principal AI Foundations Engineer

JPMorgan Chase; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 204,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase seeks a Principal Software Engineer for AI Foundations to design and deliver scalable AI-enabled software across the firm's portfolios. You will build secure production code, own integrations, and help shape MLOps practices in a fast-paced, enterprise environment.

The role requires 7+ years of software experience, strong skills in Python/Java/Scala/Go, and the ability to communicate with senior leaders to drive outcomes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience on large-scale platforms.
• Expert in Python, Java, Scala or Go with strong testing and debugging.
• Experience leading agentic AI development practices and secure data handling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and troubleshoot AI-enabled applications and services.
• Develop production grade code; review, debug, and improve code.
• Own SDK and service integrations for reliability and performance.
• Ship AI-powered features including prompt design and SDK/REST integration.
• Build end-to-end MLOps capabilities with versioning and CI/CD for models.
• Architect agentic AI workflows and guardrails for validation and security.
• Automate remediation to improve reliability and resiliency.
• Create reusable platform components used across teams.
• Influence senior leaders to align roadmaps with business outcomes.
• Apply enterprise AI tooling to improve development velocity.

Skills

Python

Java

Scala

Go

Agentic AI

MLOps

Cloud-native

Production systems

Education

Formal software engineering training

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

IaC

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

JPMorganChase seeks a Principal Software Engineer for AI Foundations to design and deliver scalable AI-enabled software across the firm's portfolios. You will build secure production code, own integrations, and help shape MLOps practices in a fast-paced, enterprise environment.

The role requires 7+ years of software experience, strong skills in Python/Java/Scala/Go, and the ability to communicate with senior leaders to drive outcomes.