Director, AI Engineering — Remote AI Platform Leader

Capital One; Providence (RI); Remote; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

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Performance incentives

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Job summary

Capital One seeks a Director of AI Engineering to lead scalable AI platforms, drive responsible AI, and shape the enterprise AI strategy with cross-functional teams across engineering, research, governance, and compliance. You will mentor leaders, set technical vision, and scale AI practices with reusable components and strong observability.

This remote-friendly role offers a competitive salary range and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/AI/Engineering with 6–8+ years in AI/ML.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience.
• Experience leading scalable AI/ML platforms and teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products and platforms.
• Oversee design, deployment, testing, and governance of AI components.
• Make build-vs-buy decisions across OSS and cloud technologies.
• Develop optimization techniques for large-scale AI systems.
• Define long-term AI roadmap and enterprise AI strategy.
• Mentor and grow engineers; foster learning and leadership.

Skills

Leadership

AI/ML systems

Engineering Excellence

Python

C++

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/AI/Engineering

Tools

AWS

HuggingFace

VectorDBs

PyTorch

CUDA

Open Source

Job description

Capital One seeks a Director of AI Engineering to lead scalable AI platforms, drive responsible AI, and shape the enterprise AI strategy with cross-functional teams across engineering, research, governance, and compliance. You will mentor leaders, set technical vision, and scale AI practices with reusable components and strong observability.

This remote-friendly role offers a competitive salary range and comprehensive benefits.