Lead AI Engineer: Build Responsible, Scalable AI Systems

Capital One; New York (NY); On-site; USD 215,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Lead AI Engineer in New York, NY to design, build, and scale AI-powered banking solutions. You will work with a cross-functional team including engineers, researchers, and product managers to deploy foundational AI systems and LLM-based services with guardrails and observability.

You should have strong software engineering and math foundations, plus 4+ years of AI/ML experience; salary ranges are published nationwide for Lead AI Engineer roles, with local adjustments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/AI/EE/CE or related field with relevant experience.
• Master’s degree plus at least 2 years of AI/ML algorithm development.
• Experience programming in Python, Go, Scala, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products and experiences.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components and MLOps.
• Leverage Open Source and SaaS AI technologies and optimize LLM performance.
• Contribute to the technical vision and long-term AI systems roadmap.

Skills

Python

Go

Scala

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields

Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields

Tools

AWS

Huggingface

VectorDBs

Nemo Guardrails

PyTorch

Job description

Capital One seeks a Lead AI Engineer in New York, NY to design, build, and scale AI-powered banking solutions. You will work with a cross-functional team including engineers, researchers, and product managers to deploy foundational AI systems and LLM-based services with guardrails and observability.

You should have strong software engineering and math foundations, plus 4+ years of AI/ML experience; salary ranges are published nationwide for Lead AI Engineer roles, with local adjustments.