Director, AI Engineering — Remote AI Leadership

Capital One; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director of AI Engineering to lead AI foundations and experiences, with remote- eligible work options. You will partner with engineers, researchers, and product managers to deliver AI-powered products that change how our associates work and how customers interact with Capital One.

The role demands deep technical expertise, people leadership, and a drive to scale responsible AI, including governance, guardrails, and performance optimization across large-scale systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 8+ years AI/ML experience or Master's plus 6+ years.
• At least 3 years of people leadership experience.

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 OSS and SaaS AI tech.
• Invent optimization techniques to improve performance, cost, latency, and throughput.
• Contribute to the long-term roadmap of foundational AI systems.

Skills

People leadership

AI/ML systems

Mentoring & coaching

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/AI/EE/CE

Master's degree in CS/AI/EE/CE

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

PyTorch

HuggingFace

VectorDBs

Python

C++

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director of AI Engineering to lead AI foundations and experiences, with remote- eligible work options. You will partner with engineers, researchers, and product managers to deliver AI-powered products that change how our associates work and how customers interact with Capital One.

The role demands deep technical expertise, people leadership, and a drive to scale responsible AI, including governance, guardrails, and performance optimization across large-scale systems.