Lead Architect | Glasgow, UK

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 110,000

Job description

Job Description

As a Lead Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Chief Data and Analytics Office, AIML Data Platforms Team, you are an integral part of a team that works to develop high-quality architecture solutions for AI/ML and Generative AI platform and applications. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical architecture solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of project goals.

Job Responsibilities

• Engages technical teams and business stakeholders to discuss and propose technical approaches to meet current and future needs.
• Defines the technical target state of their product and drives achievement of the strategy.
• Participates in architecture governance bodies.
• Evaluates recommendations and provides feedback on new technologies.
• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and advanced applied experience.
• Proficiency in Solutions architecture and Platform architecture.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in Python programming. Java is also acceptable.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Demonstrated experience with AI App / GenAI App Builder as an AI Practitioner.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Proficient knowledge in AWS with accompanying AWS certification.
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.
• Practical cloud native experience.
• Advanced knowledge of one or more software, applications, and architecture disciplines.
• Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to recommend the best solutions for the future state architecture.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Theoretical knowledge or hands-on experience with Model building / ML Engineering including finetuning of Large Language Models (LLM's) is highly preferable.
• Knowledge of Azure.

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.

About the Team

J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.

Our Asset and Wealth Management division is driven by innovators like you who are driven to create technology solutions that make us work more efficiently and help our businesses grow. It's our mission to efficiently take care of our clients' wealth, helping them get, and remain properly invested. Our team of agile technologists thrive in a cloud-native environment that values continuous learning using a data-centric approach in developing innovative technology solutions.