Lead Software Engineer - GCP Vertex AI

JOB DESCRIPTION

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Chief Data and Analytics Office, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting for AI‑enabled applications.
• Develop secure, high‑quality production code; review and debug SDK and service integrations.
• Identify and automate remediation of recurring issues to improve reliability of AI features and services.
• Lead evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on model capabilities, safety, and integration patterns.
• Lead communities of practice to share prompt engineering, evaluation methods, and SDK best practices.
• Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
• Build and ship AI‑powered features using Vertex AI base models (e.g., Gemini), including prompt design, function calling, and SDK/REST integrations.
• Fine‑tune and deploy models; manage Model Registry and rollout across environments (online/batch inference).
• Implement input/output safety (guardrails, moderation) and comprehensive LLM usage logging/monitoring.
• Integrate DialogFlow API and Vertex AI Search with grounding to reliable sources and source attribution.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands‑on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for AI services.
• Advanced proficiency in Python plus one of Java/Go/TypeScript for service integration and tooling.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods; strong unit/integration testing discipline.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle and secure coding practices.
• Advanced understanding of CI/CD, application resiliency, and security for AI applications.
• Practical cloud‑native experience (GCP) and microservices/API design.
• Demonstrated experience with Vertex AI SDKs/REST APIs, prompt engineering, and model evaluation.
• Experience with model fine‑tuning, deployment, and model registry operations (online/batch).

• Ability to implement AI guardrails/safety filters and configure LLM usage logging/monitoring.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with Vertex AI Search, Vector Search, and RAG patterns for grounding and retrieval.
• Familiarity with DialogFlow conversational orchestration and enterprise integration.
• Strong API design, eventing, and observability (metrics, tracing, logging) for AI services.
• Knowledge of Gemini model families and safety configuration options.
• Understanding of cost management and spend alerting for AI workloads.
• Familiarity with Florence/Atlas 2.0 enablement roadmap and controls.

ABOUT US
JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process. 

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

ABOUT THE TEAM
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.