Principal HPC Engineer - AI/ML & Low-Latency Systems

Testing Site - JPMC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Seattle seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead HPC and AI initiatives within Core Foundational Platforms. You will guide cross-functional teams, develop scalable production code, and influence tech strategy across data science and engineering groups.

Expertise in Python/C++, DL/LLMs, and HPC tools, plus experience with accelerators and modern schedulers, is essential for building trusted, high-performance financial tech platforms.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 7+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced knowledge of software application development and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g. LLMs, High-performance computing, etc.)
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex technology problems in one or more technical disciplines
• Ability to present and effectively communicate with Senior Leaders and Executives
• 8+ years of experience in high-performance computing software
• 3+ years of experience in deep learning, particularly large language models
• Deep familiarity with HPC software (e.g., NCCL, MPI) and resource schedulers (e.g., Kubernetes, SLURM)
• Strong programming skills in Python, scripting, C, C++ with experience in AI/ML frameworks like PyTorch and LangChain

Responsibilities

• Creates complex and scalable coding frameworks using appropriate software design frameworks
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Advises cross-functional teams on technological matters within your domain of expertise
• Serves as the function’s technical, go-to subject matter expert
• Contributes to the development of technical methods in specialized fields in line with the latest product development methodologies
• Creates durable, reusable software frameworks that are leveraged across teams and functions
• Influences leaders and senior stakeholders across product, data science and technology teams
• Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
• Using telemetry, create measurable frameworks for deciding amongst hardware and software options
• Publish and support re-usable patterns to optimize training and inference of ML models on various architectures
• Support developer community in learning lessons from high-performance computing (HPC) domain

Skills

Python

C++

AI/ML

Deep Learning

LangChain

PyTorch

HPC

Education

Master’s Degree in Computer Science

PhD preferred

Tools

NCCL

MPI

Kubernetes

SLURM

Job description

JPMorganChase in Seattle seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead HPC and AI initiatives within Core Foundational Platforms. You will guide cross-functional teams, develop scalable production code, and influence tech strategy across data science and engineering groups.

Expertise in Python/C++, DL/LLMs, and HPC tools, plus experience with accelerators and modern schedulers, is essential for building trusted, high-performance financial tech platforms.