JPMorgan Chase
AI Engineer - Sr Lead Software Engineer
$176K–$260K
Jersey City, NJ +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Location
- Jersey City, NJ
Wilmington, DE
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 5+ years of applied experience; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
About the job
Leads engineering of enterprise agentic AI platforms and production LLM services, including AWS cloud-native systems, RAG, and AI-assisted development practices.
What you'll do
- Guide technical direction, architecture, engineering standards, and cross-team delivery.
- Build and operate secure, scalable LLM applications, agents, APIs, and AWS services, including RAG and tool integrations.
- Promote governed AI-assisted engineering practices with measurable validation, security, and human review.
What they ask for
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
- Strong Python skills and experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow; expertise with vector storage and agent memory.
- Experience deploying production LLM-backed services and developing autonomous, long-running agents using tools and human-in-the-loop processes.
- Deep MLOps and cloud-native AI deployment experience; responsible AI, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with fine-tuning, adapters, custom evaluation frameworks, prompt engineering, or LLM orchestration.
- Experience operating AI in regulated environments or with production safety filters, audit logging, and explainability.
Pay
Jersey City, NJ: USD $175,750.00-$260,000.00 base salary; Seattle, WA: USD $175,750.00-$260,000.00 base salary
Tools
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, AWS, Azure, Vector storage systems, CI/CD, RAG
AI focus
Builds and operates agentic AI and LLM services, RAG systems, and AI-assisted engineering practices, with emphasis on evaluation, governance, security, and responsible AI.
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