Senior Lead Engineer, AI Inference Platform

Aumni; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Seattle is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive secure, scalable cloud infrastructure for AI/ML workloads. You will guide cross-functional teams and shape design decisions across platforms, security, and operations.

You will lead efforts on automation, CI/CD, and IaC while collaborating with AI teams to translate compute needs into robust infrastructure solutions. The role emphasizes responsible AI usage and secure, high‑quality software delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years applied software engineering experience.
• Hands-on system design, application development, testing, and operations.
• Strong Kubernetes/containerization experience including production troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or C#.
• Knowledge of cloud delivery models (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) and multi-cloud deployment.
• Fundamental ML concepts including transformer architectures, ML training and inference.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code.
• Deep understanding of cloud architectures: Microservices, IaaS, Storage, Security.
• Experience leading use of enterprise AI-assisted development tools and enforcing secure outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI in engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance aligned to business goals with engineers, contractors, and vendors.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review others’ code.
• Influence product design, functionality, and operations through informed decisions.
• Champion SDLC frameworks, tools, and best practices.
• Promote diversity, inclusion, and respect across teams.
• Architect and deploy secure, scalable cloud platforms for AI/ML workloads.
• Partner with AI teams to translate compute needs into infrastructure requirements.
• Monitor, manage, and optimize cloud resources for performance and cost.
• Build CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure-as-code for ML deployment.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices with measurable validation standards.
• Apply knowledge of SDLC tools including AI-assisted development to improve automation.

Skills

Kubernetes

Containerization

Python

Go

Java

C#

CI/CD

IaC

Cloud computing

Microservices

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

IaC tooling

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Seattle is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive secure, scalable cloud infrastructure for AI/ML workloads. You will guide cross-functional teams and shape design decisions across platforms, security, and operations.

You will lead efforts on automation, CI/CD, and IaC while collaborating with AI teams to translate compute needs into robust infrastructure solutions. The role emphasizes responsible AI usage and secure, high‑quality software delivery.