Lead AI Platform Engineer - GenAI & Scalable Infra

Capital One; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 209,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Sr Lead AI Engineer in Plano, TX to design and deploy scalable AI systems, train foundation models, and optimize LLM inference. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, PMs, and architects to deliver production-ready AI solutions that power customer experiences.

The role requires strong programming (Python/Java/Scala), cloud experience, and a track record of delivering responsible AI at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's + relevant AI/ML experience
• 6+ years of AI/ML algorithm experience
• 6+ years of Python/Go/Scala/Java programming experience

Responsibilities

• Deliver AI-powered products with cross-functional teams
• Design, develop, test, deploy and support AI software components
• Leverage Open Source and SaaS AI technologies to build scalable solutions
• Innovate LLM optimization techniques for production systems
• Contribute to the long-term AI systems roadmap at Capital One

Skills

Python programming

Java programming

Go programming

Scala programming

LLM optimization

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 Ultraclusters

Huggingface

VectorDBs

Nemo Guardrails

PyTorch

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Sr Lead AI Engineer in Plano, TX to design and deploy scalable AI systems, train foundation models, and optimize LLM inference. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, PMs, and architects to deliver production-ready AI solutions that power customer experiences.

The role requires strong programming (Python/Java/Scala), cloud experience, and a track record of delivering responsible AI at scale.