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Senior Lead AI Engineer,(MLX, Agentic AI, Gen AI platform Services)

at Capital One Financial

📍 4 Locations Unknown 💰 $229K – $262K USD / year Posted April 05, 2026
Salary $229K – $262K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 4+ years (Bachelor) / 2+ years (Master)
Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields; or Master's degree in related fields
Category AI & Machine Learning

Lead AI Engineer driving GenAI platform services, including foundation models, LLM inference, and guardrails in Capital One's AI ecosystem.

  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI components
  • Leverage AI technologies
  • Invent and apply LLm optimization techniques
  • Contribute to foundational AI systems roadmap

Stack includes foundation model training, LLM inference, PyTorch, Hugging Face, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, AWS Ultraclusters; emphasis on performance optimization and governance.

The ideal candidate is a senior/lead AI engineer with deep experience building and scaling AI services and GenAI platforms, leading cross-functional teams and delivering production-grade AI features.

Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceAIElectrical EngineeringComputer Engineeringor related fieldsAt least 6 years of experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologiesAt least 6 years of experience programming with PythonGoScalaor Java
7 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 an engineering team and influence cross-functional stakeholdersExperience 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 Services UltraclustersHugging FaceVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsPyTorch
foundation model traininglarge language model inferenceguardrailsNemo GuardrailsVectorDBsHugging FacePyTorchPythonGoJavaScalaAWS Ultraclusters
PythonGoScalaJavaPyTorchHugging FaceAWS UltraclustersAmazon Web Services UltraclustersVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsFoundation model trainingLarge language model inferenceSimilarity searchGuardrailsModel evaluationObservabilityGovernance
Strong collaborationExcellent communicationProblem solvingAdaptabilityMentoring/leadershipTeam orientation
Industry Banking
Job Function Develop and operate Capital One's GenAI platform services and production-grade AI infrastructure
Role Subtype ML Engineer
Tech Domains Python, Java, Scala, Go, PyTorch, Hugging Face, Amazon Web Services, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, Foundation Model
Visa Sponsorship Yes
Senior Lead AI EngineerMLXAgentic AIGen AI platform Servicesfoundation model traininglarge language model inferenceguardrailsNemo GuardrailsVectorDBsHugging FacePyTorchPythonGoJavaScalaAWS UltraclustersAmazon Web Services UltraclustersLLM inferencemodel evaluation

Bachelor's degree not specified, Less than 4 years AI/ML experience, No experience with Python/Go/Scala/Java, No experience with PyTorch or Hugging Face, No cloud experience

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