Applied AI ML lead

JPMorgan Chase
Mc Lean, VA, United States / Wilmington, DE, United States2026-04-16

About the job

Cybersecurity is one of the highest growth areas within JPMorgan and has a unique opportunity to develop and deploy Machine Learning solutions that support Cyber Operations. A successful candidate must be comfortable working independently, have an understanding of data analysis, statistics, data engineering and the ability to develop predictive models that meet defined business outcomes. You will be part of a world-class global Cybersecurity team and work along side technologists and innovators who work every day to protect the assets we manage.

Responsibilities

Engage with cybersecurity domain experts to understand business goals and use cases related to using real-world data to solve business problems

Work with cybersecurity engineers and data engineers to acquire data that addresses each use case (fraud, anomaly detection, Cyber threats)

Perform Exploratory Data Analysis on datasets and communicate results to stakeholders

Select statistical or Deep Learning models that are best positioned to achieve business results

Perform feature engineering or hyperparameter tuning to optimize model performance

Document measurements required to detect model or data drift in a Production setting

Perform model governance activities for model interpretability, testability and results

Qualifications

Minimum

Solid knowledge and extensive experience in Python

Experience with anomaly detection using autoencoders or other techniques

Ability to perform Exploratory Data Analysis using Jupyter or SageMaker Notebooks

Proficient in Pandas, SQL and Data Visualization tools such as Matplotlib, Seaborn or Plotly

Working knowledge of probability, statistics and statistical distributions and their applicability to use cases

Model development frameworks such PyTorch and Scikit-Learn

Experience with classification and regression trees (Random Forest, XGBoost, AdaBoost)

Possess the ability to explain model selection, model interpretability and performance metrics verbally and in writing

Bachelors Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics or Computer Science and 3+ years data-science experience (Exploratory Data Analysis, statistical analysis and reporting results.

Preferred

Experience deploying Statistical or Machine Learning models in a production setting

Experience with model monitoring and understanding data quality issues

Working knowledge of Large Language Models (LLM), NLP, Embeddings and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

Working knowledge of Responsible AI, model fairness, and reliability and safety