JPMorgan Chase
Machine Learning Scientist - Vice President
$171K–$260K
Palo Alto, CA +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Jan 28, 2026
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
Plano, TX - Experience
- MS with 7+ years, or PhD with 4+ years, of hands-on industry experience; preferred virtual assistant experience: 5 years.
- Education
- MS or PhD
About the job
Leads the development and production deployment of machine learning and generative AI systems, including LLM-powered agents, for banking workflows and customer experiences.
What you'll do
- Build and deploy ML systems for NLP, speech recognition, recommendation, information retrieval, and agentic AI.
- Fine-tune, evaluate, and optimize language models and agent workflows, including reinforcement learning and safety controls.
- Collaborate across business, product, engineering, and governance teams to deliver and monitor production solutions.
What they ask for
- MS with 7+ years, or PhD with 4+ years, of hands-on industry experience building and deploying production ML systems.
- Applied GenAI experience with LLMs, including fine-tuning and deploying SLMs; familiarity with prompt design, grounded generation, and RAG.
- Strong foundations in machine learning, deep learning, statistical modeling, and model evaluation.
- Proficiency in Python and common ML libraries (PyTorch/TensorFlow, Hugging Face, scikit-learn), with production-quality coding ability.
Nice to have
- Experience developing and optimizing virtual assistant models (5 years stated).
- Experience with multi-agent systems, RL/bandits, regulated finance, MLOps/LLMOps, or A/B experimentation.
Pay
$171,000.00-$260,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, Hugging Face, scikit-learn, LLMs, SLMs, RAG, LoRA
AI focus
Production generative AI and machine learning, including LLM/SLM fine-tuning, RAG, agentic workflows, reinforcement learning, evaluation, personalization, and AI safety.
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