Drimva

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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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)