Director, AI Engineering — Remote Leader in Scalable AI

Capital One; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Director, AI Engineer (Remote Eligible) to lead AI-powered product initiatives and oversee foundation model work within a scalable, responsible AI framework. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, PMs, and product leaders to drive production-grade AI systems and govern governance and observability across platforms.

You will mentor teams, shape the AI roadmap, and scale engineering practices while partnering with compliance, risk, and research functions to ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in a relevant field with significant AI/ML experience.
• Experience leading AI/ML initiatives and teams.
• Strong grasp of foundation models, risk, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineers, researchers, PMs, and leaders to deliver AI-powered products.
• Oversee design, development, testing, deployment of AI components, incl. model training and inference.
• Make build-vs-buy decisions across Open Source and SaaS AI tech.
• Shape the technical vision and long-term AI roadmap at Capital One.
• Attract and retain top AI talent and mentor team members.

Skills

People leadership

Mentoring

Communication skills

AI systems

Foundation models

Python

PyTorch

Education

Bachelor's in CS/AI/EE/CE

Master's in CS/AI/EE/CE

Tools

Python

PyTorch

Job description

Capital One seeks a Director, AI Engineer (Remote Eligible) to lead AI-powered product initiatives and oversee foundation model work within a scalable, responsible AI framework. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, PMs, and product leaders to drive production-grade AI systems and govern governance and observability across platforms.

You will mentor teams, shape the AI roadmap, and scale engineering practices while partnering with compliance, risk, and research functions to ensure