Lead Software Engineer - Python, Ai/ml

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Plano, TX +1 · Consumer & Community Banking

Lead Software Engineer role focused on integrating AI/ML techniques, including LLMs, Generative AI, NLP, RAG, and AI evals, into software systems. Requires experience with agentic workflows and frameworks, and managing/mentoring AI/ML teams. The role emphasizes hands-on delivery of production-grade solutions within a fintech domain.

What you'd actually do

  1. Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
  2. Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
  3. Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
  4. Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
  5. Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies

Skills

Required

  • Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
  • Familiarity with agentic workflows and frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, Auto-GPT)
  • Experience integrating AI/ML techniques into software systems, including familiarity with LLMs, Generative AI, NLP, RAG, AI evals and coding assistants
  • Managing and mentoring software engineering or AI/ML teams, with experience as a hands-on practitioner delivering production-grade solutions
  • Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, and practical machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-Learn)
  • Advanced proficiency in Java or Python for software system development; strong grasp of software engineering best practices, system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Proficiency in automation, continuous delivery (CI/CD), and cloud-native development (preferably AWS)
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
  • Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Nice to have

  • Experience working at code level with advanced AI/ML business applications (e.g., LLMs, Generative AI, NLP)
  • AWS Certifications (Solution Architect Associate or Professional) are advantageous
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
  • Practical cloud native experience

What the JD emphasized

  • agentic workflows and frameworks
  • integrating AI/ML techniques into software systems
  • LLMs
  • Generative AI
  • NLP
  • RAG
  • AI evals
  • coding assistants
  • Managing and mentoring software engineering or AI/ML teams
  • hands-on practitioner delivering production-grade solutions
  • practical machine learning frameworks
  • Python
  • software engineering best practices
  • system design
  • application development
  • testing
  • operational stability
  • automation
  • continuous delivery (CI/CD)
  • cloud-native development
  • AWS

Other signals

  • integrating AI/ML techniques into software systems
  • familiarity with LLMs, Generative AI, NLP, RAG, AI evals and coding assistants
  • Managing and mentoring software engineering or AI/ML teams
  • hands-on practitioner delivering production-grade solutions