Director, AI Engineer — Remote

Capital One National Association; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 294,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an experienced Director of AI Engineering to lead the Intelligent Foundations and Experiences team. You will oversee foundation model work, LLM inference, guardrails, and observability, while guiding a cross-functional team to deliver production-ready AI systems. This role supports remote hiring and multiple U.S.

locations. Strong leadership, software, and AI expertise are essential. You will drive technical vision, establish governance and ROI for AI projects, and mentor

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, AI, or related field with extensive AI/ML experience.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience required.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products.
• Oversee design, development, testing, deployment and support of AI software components.
• Make build-vs-buy decisions across Open Source and SaaS AI tech.
• Develop optimization techniques for large-scale AI systems.
• Contribute to long-term AI platform roadmaps.
• Mentor and develop team members; foster learning culture.
• Translate enterprise AI strategy into portfolio execution plans.
• Scale AI engineering practices across teams with shared infrastructure.

Skills

Python

C++

C#

Java

CUDA

Golang

Education

Bachelor's or higher in CS/AI/EE/CE or related field with 8+ years experience

Master's in CS/AI/EE/CE or related field with 6+ years experience

Tools

Open Source AI tools

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Job description

Capital One is seeking an experienced Director of AI Engineering to lead the Intelligent Foundations and Experiences team. You will oversee foundation model work, LLM inference, guardrails, and observability, while guiding a cross-functional team to deliver production-ready AI systems. This role supports remote hiring and multiple U.S.

locations. Strong leadership, software, and AI expertise are essential. You will drive technical vision, establish governance and ROI for AI projects, and mentor