Applied AI ML Lead

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Jersey City, NJ +1 · Corporate Sector

Lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced AI, GenAI, and large language model solutions, acting as a subject matter expert and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, production-ready AI systems. This role involves end-to-end Python development, integrating generative AI, driving adoption of ML infrastructure, optimizing performance, and ensuring responsible AI practices and governance within a fintech domain.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the hands-on design, development, and deployment of advanced AI, GenAI, and large language model solutions.
  2. Serve as a subject matter expert on a wide range of machine learning techniques and optimizations.
  3. Collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to deliver scalable, production-ready AI systems.
  4. Conduct experiments using the latest ML technologies, analyze results, and tune models for optimal performance.
  5. Own end-to-end code development in Python for both proof-of-concept and production-ready solutions.

Skills

Required

  • Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
  • 8 years of hands-on experience in applied machine learning, including generative AI, large language models, or foundation models.
  • 5 years of experience programming in Python; experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
  • Designing, training, and deploying large-scale ML/AI models in production environments.
  • Prompt engineering, agentic workflows, and orchestration frameworks.
  • Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and distributed systems (Kubernetes, Ray, Slurm).
  • MLOps tools and practices (MLflow, model monitoring, CI/CD for ML).
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Leadership in working effectively with engineers, product managers, and other ML practitioners.
  • Applying data science and ML techniques to solve business problems.

Nice to have

  • Experience with high-performance computing and GPU infrastructure (e.g., NVIDIA DCGM, Triton Inference).
  • Familiarity with big data processing tools and cloud data services.
  • Advanced knowledge in reinforcement learning, meta learning, or related advanced ML areas.
  • Experience with search/ranking, recommender systems, or graph techniques.
  • Background in financial services or regulated industries.
  • Experience with building and deploying ML models on cloud platforms such as AWS Sagemaker, EKS, etc.
  • Published research or contributions to open-source GenAI/LLM projects.

What the JD emphasized

  • Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience in applied machine learning, including generative AI, large language models, or foundation models.
  • At least 5 years of experience programming in Python; experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
  • Proven experience designing, training, and deploying large-scale ML/AI models in production environments.
  • Deep understanding of prompt engineering, agentic workflows, and orchestration frameworks.
  • Ensure responsible AI practices, model governance, and compliance with regulatory standards.

Other signals

  • leading development and deployment of innovative AI and machine learning solutions
  • collaborate with cross-functional teams to address complex business challenges
  • drive adoption of modern ML practices
  • ensure responsible AI governance
  • work with state-of-the-art technologies