Remote Director, AI Engineering

Capital One National Association; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director, AI Engineer to lead a multi-disciplinary AI engineering team developing production-grade AI systems. You will guide foundation model optimization, model evaluation, governance, and observability while partnering with engineers, researchers, PMs, and compliance.

You will mentor engineers, drive roadmap alignment with enterprise AI strategy, and foster responsible AI practices across the organization. Remote work options are available for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/AI/EE/CE with required years of experience (8+ or 6+ with Master's).
• At least 3 years of people leadership experience.
• Experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow an engineering team delivering AI-powered products.
• Oversee design, development, testing, deployment, and support of AI software components.

Skills

Engineering leadership

AI/ML systems

Cloud deployment

Python

C++/Java

Mentoring

Research literacy

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/AI/EE/CE

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

PyTorch

HuggingFace

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director, AI Engineer to lead a multi-disciplinary AI engineering team developing production-grade AI systems. You will guide foundation model optimization, model evaluation, governance, and observability while partnering with engineers, researchers, PMs, and compliance.

You will mentor engineers, drive roadmap alignment with enterprise AI strategy, and foster responsible AI practices across the organization. Remote work options are available for this role.