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Distinguished AI Engineer

at Discover Financial Services

📍 3 Locations Unknown 💰 $269K – $307K USD / year Posted April 17, 2026
Salary $269K – $307K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience lead
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category AI & Machine Learning

Build and deploy responsible Generative AI-powered conversational experiences at Capital One. You will design, develop, and support AI software components including foundation model training, LLM inference, similarity search, guardrails, evaluation, and observability, while contributing to technical vision and roadmap.

  • Architect and launch conversational experiences powered by Generative AI
  • Partner cross-functionally to deliver AI-powered products
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI components including foundation model training and LLM inference
  • Leverage AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, and PyTorch
  • Develop LLM optimization techniques and contribute to AI systems roadmap

Role focuses on production LLM systems: foundation model training and large language model inference, similarity search, guardrails, evaluation, experimentation, governance, and observability. Stack highlights AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, and PyTorch, plus LLM optimization for scalability, cost, latency, and throughput.

The ideal candidate is a senior/lead AI engineer who has built and deployed production conversational systems using Generative AI. They have hands-on experience with foundation model training, large language model inference, guardrails, and rigorous model evaluation, plus strong platform experience with AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, and PyTorch.

architect and launch conversational experiencesdesigndeveloptestdeployand support AI software components including foundation model traininglarge language model inferencesimilarity searchguardrailsmodel evaluationexperimentationgovernanceobservabilityleverage AWS Ultraclustersleverage Huggingfaceleverage VectorDBsleverage Nemo Guardrailsleverage PyTorchinvent LLM optimization techniques
AWS UltraclustersHuggingfaceVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsPyTorch
Generative AIconversational experienceslarge language model inferencefoundation model trainingsimilarity searchguardrailsmodel evaluationexperimentationgovernanceobservabilityAWS UltraclustersHuggingfaceVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsPyTorchLLM optimization techniquesscalabilitycostlatencythroughput
Generative AILarge language model inferencefoundation model trainingsimilarity searchguardrailsmodel evaluationexperimentationgovernanceobservabilityOpen Source AI technologiesSaaS AI technologiesAWS UltraclustersHuggingfaceVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsPyTorchLLM optimization techniquesscalabilitycostlatencythroughputlarge scale production AI systemsconversational experiencesstate of art Generative AI capabilities
architecting and launching AI systemscross-functional collaborationsharing passion to do the right thingquality focustechnical vision and roadmap contributionpartnership with engineersresearch scientiststechnical program managersand product managersinvent and introduce improvements
Industry Banking
Job Function Architect and engineer production Generative AI systems for conversational customer experiences.
Role Subtype LLM Engineer
Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, Python, AI & Machine Learning, LLM
Distinguished AI EngineerGenerative AIconversational experienceslarge language model inferencefoundation model trainingsimilarity searchguardrailsmodel evaluationexperimentationgovernanceobservabilityAWS UltraclustersHuggingfaceVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsPyTorchLLM optimization techniquesscalabilitycostlatencythroughputstate of art Generative AI capabilities

Hands-on experience with foundation model training and large language model inference, Experience implementing guardrails and conducting model evaluation, Experience using AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, and PyTorch

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