✦ Luna Orbit — AI & Machine Learning

Senior Lead AI Engineer (AI Foundations, LLM Customization and Finetuning)

at Discover Financial Services

📍 5 Locations Unknown 💰 $229K – $262K USD / year Posted March 17, 2026
Salary $229K – $262K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 5+ years
Education Not specified
Category AI & Machine Learning

This role involves leading AI research and deployment initiatives focused on large language models and AI infrastructure, shaping the future of responsible AI at Capital One.

  • Lead AI research projects
  • Scale large language models
  • Optimize AI infrastructure
  • Guide responsible AI practices
  • Collaborate with research teams

The environment includes PyTorch, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, and AWS Ultraclusters, emphasizing AI model training, inference, evaluation, and strategic leadership.

The ideal candidate is a senior AI leader with extensive experience in large language models, AI infrastructure, and project leadership, capable of guiding AI research and deployment at scale.

extensive experience with AI and MLleadership in AI projectsdeep knowledge of large language modelsexperience with AI infrastructure
publications in AI researchexperience with responsible AIadvanced AI model optimizationfamiliarity with SaaS AI platforms
PyTorchHuggingfaceVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsAWS Ultraclusters
Large Language ModelsLLMPyTorchHuggingfaceVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsAI model trainingAI inferenceAI systemsModel evaluationModel optimization
Large Language ModelsLLMPyTorchHuggingfaceVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsAI model trainingAI inferenceAI systemsModel evaluationModel optimizationAI infrastructure
leadershipresearchstrategic thinkingcollaborationcommunication
Industry Fintech
Job Function AI research leadership and large language model deployment
Role Subtype Lead AI Engineer
Tech Domains Python, PyTorch, Huggingface, AI model training, AI inference
Clearance Required None
Visa Sponsorship No
lead ai engineerlarge language modelsLLMPyTorchHuggingfacevector databasesai model trainingai inferenceai systemsmodel evaluationmodel optimizationai infrastructureai leadershipai researchAImodel trainingmodel inferenceAI infrastructureAI leadership

No leadership experience in AI, Lack of large language model expertise, No experience with AI infrastructure

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