Director, Scalable AI Systems & Platform Engineering

Capital One Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 294,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in New York, NY is seeking a Director AI Engineer to lead the design and delivery of responsible AI systems that transform banking experiences. You will guide cross-functional teams across engineering, research, and product management to deploy scalable AI platforms.

The role requires 8+ years in AI/ML with leadership, hands-on expertise in foundation models, inference, and scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field with strong AI/ML foundations.
• 8+ years of experience developing AI/ML algorithms or technologies; 3+ years of people leadership.
• Experience building and leading engineering teams delivering enterprise AI products.

Responsibilities

• Lead 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 (foundation models, inference, guardrails, observability).
• Shape long-term AI platform strategy and manage governance and observability across AI initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

AI/ML expertise

Python

C

Java

Mentoring/coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/related fields

Master’s degree in CS/AI/EE/related fields

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

VectorDBs

LLM Inference

HuggingFace

PyTorch

Job description

Capital One in New York, NY is seeking a Director AI Engineer to lead the design and delivery of responsible AI systems that transform banking experiences. You will guide cross-functional teams across engineering, research, and product management to deploy scalable AI platforms.

The role requires 8+ years in AI/ML with leadership, hands-on expertise in foundation models, inference, and scalable infrastructure.