AI Engineering Leader — Scale, Guardrails & Impact

Capital One Group; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 343,000 - 392,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an experienced AI leader to guide foundation models and scalable AI systems. You will work with engineers, researchers, PMs and stakeholders to build responsible AI platforms that power real‑world banking innovations.

You will drive cross‑functional collaboration, recruit and mentor top talent, and shape the long‑term roadmap for enterprise AI. This role offers remote or hybrid work and competitive compensation in a large, innovation-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/AI/EE/CE or related fields plus 8–10 years of AI/ML experience.
• At least 5 years of people leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products that change how associates work and how customers interact with Capital One.
• Oversee design, development, testing, deployment, and support of AI software components including training, inference, and governance.
• Make build-vs-buy decisions across Open Source and SaaS AI technologies.
• Invent optimization techniques to improve performance, cost, latency, and throughput of large-scale AI systems.
• Contribute to the technical vision and long-term roadmap of foundational AI systems at Capital One.
• Attract and retain top AI talent and foster professional development within the team.
• Define enterprise-wide AI strategy aligning product, research, risk, and data teams around shared principles.
• Establish multi-year roadmaps for scalable, reliable, compliant AI infrastructure.
• Champion Responsible-AI with ethical, transparent model practices across business lines.
• Oversee scaling of AI operations, model lifecycle management, observability, and cost efficiency across hundreds of use cases.

Skills

People leadership

Mentoring & coaching

Engineering & math foundations

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/AI/EE/CE or related fields

10+ yrs AI/ML experience (BS degree)

Tools

Python

C++

C#

Java

CUDA

Golang

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

Job description

Capital One is seeking an experienced AI leader to guide foundation models and scalable AI systems. You will work with engineers, researchers, PMs and stakeholders to build responsible AI platforms that power real‑world banking innovations.

You will drive cross‑functional collaboration, recruit and mentor top talent, and shape the long‑term roadmap for enterprise AI. This role offers remote or hybrid work and competitive compensation in a large, innovation-driven environment.