Lead Software Engineer - AWS - Lead AI/ML Platform Engineer

Location: London or New Jersey Description As a Software Engineer on the Firmwide AI/ML Deployment Platform team, you'll architect, build, and own the infrastructure that makes model deployment work at scale across the organization. This is a globally distributed team - Glasgow, London, New Jersey, and India - and this role sits close to our US-based clients. You'll operate with significant autonomy: owning technical direction, engaging directly with clients, and making architectural decisions with real production consequences. We build the control plane, APIs, monitoring, and deployment infrastructure that internal teams depend on. The platform is always evolving - new regions, new failure modes, new scale requirements. If you like owning problems end-to-end, making hard tradeoffs, and shipping systems that other engineers build on top of, you'll fit in. What You'll Do Drive architectural vision for platform components: control plane integration, multi-region deployment, and disaster recovery Design and implement APIs for retraining, scheduling, endpoint deployment, and autoscaling Build infrastructure for seamless integration across control plane and client accounts Engage directly with US-based clients - requirements, strategic solutioning, and debugging Make independent architectural decisions and own technical tradeoffs with minimal oversight Required Qualifications Proficiency in architecting software solutions at scale - you've designed systems that other teams depend on Self-directed and autonomous: you drive to outcomes without waiting for direction Strong client-facing communication skills Deep knowledge of AWS and cloud-based infrastructure Track record building resilient, production-grade platforms A design-first mindset: you think in tradeoffs, failure modes, and long-term maintainability Preferred Qualifications Comfort with ambiguity and greenfield architecture where no existing playbook applies Production experience with Kubernetes / EKS at scale Hands-on experience with AWS Sagemaker for model training and deployment Strong Golang skills in the context of infrastructure or platform services Deep understanding of networking - VPCs, DNS, cross-account connectivity Practical experience with LLMs - deployment, inference, or integration Track record delivering Terraform across multi-account, multi-region environments Experience designing and owning production APIs end-to-end What Success Looks Like (First 6 Months) You own the architecture for at least one significant platform capability and have shipped it You've built direct relationships with US-based clients and are a trusted point of contact You independently assess technical tradeoffs and your recommendations carry weight You operate across time zones without friction Working Style / Team Culture We hold ourselves to exceptionally high standards We value engineers who own problems, not tasks Architecture is a first-class concern, not an afterthought ABOUT US J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. 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. 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.