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Distinguished AI Engineer

at Capital One Financial

📍 6 Locations Unknown 💰 $269K – $307K USD / year Posted April 05, 2026
Salary $269K – $307K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 8+ years (Bachelor) / 6+ years (Master)
Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields; or Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields
Category AI & Machine Learning

Lead AI engineer focused on building Capital One's AI foundation and platform services, including LLMs, guardrails, and observability at scale.

  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI components
  • Leverage Open Source and SaaS AI technologies
  • Invent and apply LLM optimization techniques
  • Contribute to long-term foundation AI systems roadmap

Stack includes Foundation Model training, LLM inference, PyTorch, HuggingFace, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, AWS Ultraclusters; emphasis on optimization and governance.

The ideal candidate is a senior AI engineer with deep expertise in foundation models, LLM optimization, and scalable AI infrastructure, able to mentor teams and drive production-grade AI platforms.

Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceAIElectrical EngineeringComputer Engineeringor related fieldsAt least 8 years of experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologiesAt least 8 years of experience programming with PythonGoScalaor Java
8 years of experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms (e.g. AWSGoogle CloudAzureor equivalent private cloud)Experience designingdevelopingintegratingdeliveringand supporting complex AI systemsDemonstrated ability to lead and mentor multiple engineering teams and influence cross-functional stakeholders up to the VP levelExperience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies (e.g. LLM InferenceSimilarity Search and VectorDBsGuardrailsMemory) using PythonC++C#Javaor GolangExperience developing and applying state-of-the-art techniques for optimizing training and inference software to improve hardware utilizationlatencythroughputand costPassion for staying abreast of the latest AI research and AI systemsand judiciously apply novel techniques in productionExcellent communication and presentation skillswith the ability to articulate complex AI concepts to peers
AWS UltraclustersAmazon Web ServicesHugging FaceVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsPyTorch
foundation model traininglarge language model inferencesimilarity searchguardrailsmodel evaluationexperimentationgovernanceobservabilityAWS UltraclustersAmazon Web ServicesHugging FaceVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsPyTorchPythonGoScalaJava
PythonGoScalaJavaPyTorchHugging FaceAWS UltraclustersAmazon Web Services UltraclustersVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsFoundation model trainingLarge language model inferenceSimilarity searchGuardrailsModel evaluationExperimentationGovernanceObservability
Strong collaborationExcellent communicationProblem solvingAdaptabilityMentoring/leadershipTechnical communication
Industry Banking
Job Function Develop and operate Capital One's foundational AI systems and production-grade AI infrastructure
Role Subtype ML Engineer
Tech Domains Python, Java, Scala, Go, PyTorch, Amazon Web Services, Hugging Face, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, Foundation Model
Visa Sponsorship Yes
Distinguished AI EngineerAIMachine Learningfoundation model traininglarge language model inferencesimilarity searchguardrailsmodel evaluationexperimentationgovernanceobservabilityOpen SourceHuggingfaceVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsPyTorchPythonGoScalaJavaAWS UltraclustersAmazon Web Services UltraclustersFoundation modelLLM optimizationHugging Face

Less than 8 years AI/ML experience with Bachelor's, Less than 6 years AI/ML experience with Master's, No experience with Python/Java/Scala/Go, No experience with PyTorch or Hugging Face, No cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP)

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