Applied Machine Learning Scientist - Vice President

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Palo Alto, CA, USA
Hybrid
Senior level
Financial Services
We’re one of the world’s biggest technology-driven companies
The Role
Leads the development and production deployment of advanced machine learning and generative AI systems across NLP, speech, recommendations, information retrieval, and agentic workflows. Designs LLM-powered applications, fine-tunes models, applies reinforcement learning, evaluates performance, and implements safety, privacy, and governance controls. Collaborates cross-functionally to deliver scalable, reliable solutions for banking use cases and measurable customer and business outcomes.
Summary Generated by Built In

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.

As an Applied Machine Learning Scientist within our dynamic team, you will lead the development of scalable, production-grade advanced ML solutions across natural language processing, speech recognition, recommendation systems, information retrieval, and agentic AI. You will play a key role in delivering Generative AI capabilities – designing and productionizing LLM-powered systems such as RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation), tool/function-calling agents, and structured generation to automate complex workflows and improve customer experiences. You will collaborate with product, engineering, and control partners to translate ambiguous problems into measurable goals, deliver robust models, and operate them reliably in production. You bring strong deep learning and transformer-based modeling expertise, as well as hands-on experience in fine-tuning and evaluation. You must have a strong passion for machine learning, strong analytical thinking, a deep desire to learn, and high motivation. You must also invest independent time in learning, researching, and experimenting with new innovations, and contribute to a strong knowledge-sharing culture. 
 

Job Responsibilities

  • Lead and deploy state-of-the-art advanced machine learning systems across NLP, speech recognition, recommendation systems, and information retrieval. 

  • Design and build agentic AI systems for multi‑step workflows, including tool/function calling, multi‑agent orchestration, planning, grounding, and safety guardrails. 

  • Use reinforcement learning (policy optimization, bandits, RLHF‑style approaches where appropriate) to improve personalization, dialog policies, and sequential decision‑making systems. 

  • Fine-tune and adapt LLMs/SLMs using PEFT (LoRA, AdaLoRA, IA3), distillation, and quantization; optimize for quality, latency, cost, and production constraints. 

  • Select and innovate on ML strategies for various banking problems. 

  • Analyze and evaluate the ongoing performance of developed ML systems. 

  • Collaborate with multiple partner teams, such as Business, Technology, Product Management, Design, Analytics, and Model Governance to deploy solutions into production. 

  • Build domain understanding to identify high-impact opportunities, ensure responsible AI usage, and drive measurable outcomes (customer experience, automation, accuracy, and efficiency). 

  • Implement privacy, safety, and security controls for GenAI systems, including PCI handling/redaction, policy checks, jailbreak resistance, and auditability. 


Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • MS with 7+ years, or PhD with 4+ years of hand-on industry experience in building and deploying machine learning systems (NLP/Information Retrieval/Recommendation System and/or GenAI) in production environment 

  • Good understanding of the latest advancement of NLP concepts, such as the transformer architecture, knowledge distillation, transfer learning, and representation learning. 

  • Applied GenAI experience with LLMs and the ability to fine‑tune and deploy SLMs for targeted use cases, familiarity with prompt design, grounded generation, and RAG. 

  • Experience with scaling LLM systems (caching, batching, prompt/version governance, evaluation harnesses) 

  • Strong foundation in machine learning, deep learning, and statistical modelling, including model evaluation and error analysis. 

  • Solid understanding of Information Retrieval concepts (indexing, ranking, dense/sparse retrieval, re-ranking) and/or recommendation systems. 

  • Ability to design experiments — establish strong baselines, choose meaningful metrics, and evaluate model performance rigorously 

  • Scientific thinking with the ability to invent and to work both independently and in highly collaborative team environments 

  • Proficiency in Python and common ML libraries (PyTorch/TensorFlow, Hugging Face, scikit-learn), and ability to write production-quality code. 

  • Ability to collaborate in cross-functional environments with product, engineering, and control partners. 

  • Solid written and spoken communication skills 


Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • 5 years of hands-on experience with virtual assistant model development and optimization 

  • Experience orchestrating multi‑agent teams with supervisor agents, debate/consensus mechanisms, and role‑specialized toolkits for complex enterprise tasks. 

  • Building agent governance and eval suites: red‑teaming, adversarial tests, safety scorecards, regression suites for prompts/tools 

  • Experience with RL/bandits, preference optimization, or human feedback loops for personalization. 

  • Experience in regulated finance domains and working with risk/control processes. 

  • Experience with MLOps/LLMOps: CI/CD for models, monitoring/alerting, model versioning, evaluation of pipelines, and rollback strategies. 

  • Experience with A/B experimentation and data/metric-driven product development. 


 This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As such, an employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorganChase’s review of criminal conviction history, including pretrial diversions or program entries.

About Us

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs. 

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

About the Team
Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We’re proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.

The CCB Data & Analytics team responsibly leverages data across Chase to build competitive advantages for the businesses while providing value and protection for customers. The team encompasses a variety of disciplines from data governance and strategy to reporting, data science and machine learning. We have a strong partnership with Technology, which provides cutting edge data and analytics infrastructure. The team powers Chase with insights to create the best customer and business outcomes.

Skills Required

  • Master’s degree with 7+ years or PhD with 4+ years of hands-on industry experience building and deploying production machine learning systems
  • Experience with NLP, information retrieval, recommendation systems, and/or generative AI
  • Understanding of transformer architecture, knowledge distillation, transfer learning, and representation learning
  • Applied experience with LLMs, SLM fine-tuning and deployment, prompt design, grounded generation, and RAG
  • Experience scaling LLM systems using caching, batching, prompt and version governance, and evaluation harnesses
  • Strong foundation in machine learning, deep learning, statistical modeling, model evaluation, and error analysis
  • Understanding of information retrieval concepts and/or recommendation systems
  • Ability to design experiments, establish baselines, select metrics, and rigorously evaluate model performance
  • Scientific thinking and ability to work independently and collaboratively
  • Proficiency in Python and common machine learning libraries including PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, and scikit-learn
  • Ability to write production-quality code
  • Ability to collaborate with product, engineering, business, analytics, design, and model governance partners
  • Strong written and spoken communication skills
  • 5 years of hands-on virtual assistant model development and optimization experience
  • Experience orchestrating multi-agent teams and enterprise agentic workflows
  • Experience building agent governance and evaluation suites, including red-teaming and adversarial testing
  • Experience with reinforcement learning, bandits, preference optimization, or human feedback loops
  • Experience in regulated finance domains and risk or control processes
  • Experience with MLOps or LLMOps, including model CI/CD, monitoring, versioning, evaluation pipelines, and rollback strategies
  • Experience with A/B experimentation and data- and metric-driven product development

JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is considered comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision, alongside wellness and mental health resources. Some locations add onsite health centers and related wellbeing support.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k)-type savings plan and related financial benefits, with options such as employee stock purchase participation. Financial planning resources are also highlighted to support long-term savings.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of 16 weeks for birth or adoption is available for all parents. Child care and back-up child care resources further reinforce family support.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
289,097 Employees
Year Founded: 1799

What We Do

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products. Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. ©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.

Why Work With Us

Our technologists work on a diverse range of solutions that include strategic technology initiatives, big data, mobile, electronic payments, machine learning, cybersecurity, enterprise cloud development, and other state-of-the-art technologies.

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