Lead AI Engineer, AI Foundations

Salary: $193,400 - 240,800 per year Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields plus a minimum of 4 years of experience in developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies, or a Masters degree in those fields with at least 2 years of relevant experience.
• A minimum of 4 years of programming experience in languages such as Python, Go, Scala, or Java.
• 6 years of experience implementing scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or equivalent private cloud) is preferred.
• Experience in designing, developing, delivering, and supporting AI services is a plus.
• Familiarity with developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies using languages such as Python, C++, C#, Java, or Golang is desired.
• Experience in using state-of-the-art techniques for enhancing training and inference software to improve hardware efficiency, decrease latency, enhance throughput, and manage costs.

• Collaborate with a diverse team of engineers, research scientists, technical program managers, and product managers to develop AI-driven products that transform associate workflows and customer interactions with Capital One.
• Design, implement, test, launch, and maintain AI software components, including foundation model training, large language model inference, similarity search, guardrails, model evaluation, experimentation, governance, and observability.
• Utilize a wide range of Open Source and SaaS AI technologies, including AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, and PyTorch.
• Innovate and deploy cutting-edge LLM optimization methods to enhance the performance, scalability, cost-efficiency, latency, and throughput of large-scale production AI systems.
• Contribute to the technical vision and long-term strategy for foundational AI systems at Capital One.

• AI
• AWS
• Azure
• C#
• Cloud
• Golang
• Hardware
• Helm
• Java
• LLM
• Machine Learning
• PyTorch
• Python
• Scala
• Support

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At Capital One, we are dedicated to creating responsible and dependable AI systems that will transform banking for the better. As an industry leader leveraging machine learning for personalized customer experiences, we are at the helm of AI technology development. Our Intelligent Foundations and Experiences (IFX) team works collaboratively to bring this vision to reality, designing proprietary solutions that bring value to millions. We offer a competitive benefits package that supports your overall well-being, and encourage you to be a part of our team in fostering innovative AI capabilities.

last updated 36 week of 2026