Lead Software Engineer - Machine Learning Platform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Palo Alto, CA, United States
1 day ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Microsoft Access Artificial Intelligence Airflow Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Automation of Tests Big Data Cloud Engineering Software Quality Code Review Continuous Integration
+26 more
Information Engineering Extract Transform Load (ETL) Software Debugging Distributed Computing Environment Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) Machine Learning Modular Design Software Tools Tensorflow Secure Coding Software Engineering Strategies of Testing Toolchain Parquet Cloud Platform System Pytorch Large Language Models Apache Spark Deep Learning Caching Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Kubernetes Dask Cloudwatch Code Restructuring

Job description

  • 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.

Requirements

  • 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., * 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.

Benefits & conditions

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.

About the company

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., 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.

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