Director of Architecture - AI/ML

Job Description
The Chief Data & Analytics Office (CDAO) at JPMorgan Chase is responsible for accelerating the adoption of advanced AI/ML technologies across the firm. Bring your expertise to take part in this exciting mission, utilizing your strong and insightful technical and people skills. We look, first and foremost, for people who are passionate about solving business problems through informed strategic vision, creative innovation, and modern ML architecture & engineering practices, leveraging our purpose-built Machine Learning platforms and/or commercial AI/ML platforms and related technologies.
As a Director of Architecture at JPMorgan Chase within the AI/ML Solution Architecture Group, you will be presented with numerous opportunities to utilize your extensive knowledge and expertise across all aspects of the machine learning lifecycle. Our work environment promotes collaboration, trust, and thought-provoking discussions, fostering diversity of thought and innovative solutions that serve the best interests of our global customers.
Job Responsibilities

• Engage with business stakeholders to refine requirements, assist with framing business problems as machine learning problems, and help define success metrics
• Define appropriate data engineering processes to facilitate data preparation and feature engineering
• Collaborate with data scientists and data and ML engineers in selecting and evaluating ML models and algorithms using factors such as accuracy, scalability, interpretability, etc.
• Develop end-to-end AI/ML solutions in compliance with and leveraging firm's policies, standards, and AI/ML governance processes
• Provide technical leadership throughout the entire machine learning lifecycle, in collaboration with architecture, security, risk, operations, and other partner organizations
• Design and lead proof-of-concepts, commercial product evaluations, and custom solutions

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software architecture and machine learning systems concepts and 10+ years applied experience. In addition, 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, data science, information systems, or electrical engineering
• Experience with core machine learning algorithms, deep neural networks, NLP, and LLMs/SLMs.
• Advanced knowledge of software architecture and development for machine learning systems with hands on experience throughout the entire machine learning lifecycle.
• Deep understanding and hands-on experience with public cloud technologies, especially with AWS & its machine learning stack
• Working experience with big data, data lakes/data mesh/lake house architectures, and ML data engineering processes, tools & techniques.
• Significant experience with one or more programming languages, at least Python and Java, and DevOps processes and tools such as Containers, Iac, CI/CD, etc.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Azure OpenAI experience would be a strong plus

About Us
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 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 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 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.