Director of Software Engineering

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical vision and roadmap for the Agent SDK and long-running agentic workflows
• Set architectural direction for SDK components, including task orchestration, state management, and retry logic
• Oversee the design and optimization of ML pipelines for training, fine-tuning, and inference
• Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of ML engineers, data scientists, and platform engineers
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to align the roadmap with enterprise AI strategy
• Champion safe, responsible, and compliant agent systems by implementing guardrails and policy enforcement

Requirements

• 10 years of experience in machine learning engineering, applied data science, or ML platform development
• 3 years of experience in a leadership role managing teams of engineers and/or data scientists
• Strong technical depth in ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX
• Proven experience designing and delivering SDKs, platforms, or agent development kits
• Expertise in distributed systems, including state machines, workflow orchestration, and fault-tolerant design
• Fluency in LLM-based agent architectures, prompt engineering, and multi-agent coordination patterns

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience contributing to open-source ML or agent frameworks like LangChain, AutoGen, or MLflow
• Background in ML evaluation and monitoring at scale, including drift detection and A/B testing
• Experience overseeing AI workload deployment on managed platforms such as AWS SageMaker or Bedrock
• Experience leading AI engineering in regulated or high-reliability environments, such as financial services

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package including base salary and discretionary incentive compensation
• Comprehensive health care coverage
• Retirement savings plans
• Tuition reimbursement and mental health support
• Financial coaching and on-site health and wellness centers

About the Company

JPMorgan Chase is a leading global financial services firm with over 200 years of history. We offer innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses, and prominent corporate and institutional clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands.