SR Lead Software Engineer - High Performance Computing

JPMorganChase; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer specializing in High Performance Computing in Seattle. This role requires extensive experience in software engineering, coding, and collaborating with teams to deliver cutting-edge technology solutions. The ideal candidate will excel in high-performance computing environments and have a strong background in AI/ML frameworks, making a significant impact on technology advancements.

Benefits

Competitive total rewards package

Comprehensive health care coverage

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied software engineering experience.
• Advanced in one or more programming languages.
• Practical cloud native experience.

Responsibilities

• Develops secure and high-quality production code.
• Provides technical guidance to support business and technical teams.
• Contributes to engineering community by optimizing ML models.

Skills

High-Performance Computing

Python

C++

AI/ML Frameworks

Debugging

Education

Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics

Tools

Kubernetes

SLURM

NCCL

MPI

Job description

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Job Description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

Job Description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the AI Infrastructure team , you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications. You will lead virtual and direct teams of developers, teaching them best practices in high-performance computing (HPC) practices that intersect with AI/ML. Thus, you are collaborative—especially since you will work closely with cross-functional teams comprised of data scientists, business analysts and other engineers. You will infuse the JPMorgan developer community with an appreciation of the impact that HPC can have by delivering software that consistently outperforms other platforms. You will deliver a variety of options to serve our various business needs--sometimes driven by low-latency; other times driven by throughput or low power.

Job Responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Build scalable and efficient inferencing and training pipelines using HPC software techniques and patterns
• Working closely with business and data science teams, develop easy-to-use systems that serve their needs
• 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
  
  

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
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Practical cloud native experience
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• Advanced understanding of High-Performance Computing system architectures and network topologies
• Expertise in at least one accelerator type (e.g., GPU, FPGA) and experience mapping LLMs onto these accelerators
• Proficiency parallel programming and performance analysis of accelerator-based systems
• Familiarity with HPC software (e.g., NCCL, MPI) and resource schedulers (e.g., Kubernetes, SLURM)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Strong programming skills in Python, scripting, C, C++ with experience in AI/ML frameworks like PyTorch and LangChain
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science (required)
• 8+ years of experience in high-performance computing software
• 5+ years of experience with accelerators and deep learning, particularly large language models
• Experience in large organizations and regulated industries is a plus
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic team environment
  
  

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 a 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

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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