Senior AI Engineer: Foundation Models & Pipelines

Capital One; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 251,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is expanding its Intelligent Foundations and Experiences (IFX) team to advance AI engineering that drives real‑world banking solutions. You will design, build, and deploy AI-powered products with cross‑functional partners across engineering, research science, PMs, and product teams.

This role focuses on foundation model training, inference, agents, and multi‑model orchestration in a scalable, cost‑aware environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing AI/ML algorithms or technologies
• Proficiency in Python, Go, Scala, CUDA, or Java
• Bachelor's or higher in CS/AI/EE with relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Deliver AI-powered products with cross-functional partners
• Develop and support AI software components and pipelines
• Optimize model performance, latency, and cost at scale
• Drive governance, observability, and security for AI systems
• Mentor senior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions

Skills

Python

Go

Scala

CUDA

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/AI/EE or related

Master's degree in CS/AI/EE or related

Tools

AWS

Huggingface

PyTorch

VectorDBs

Job description

Capital One is expanding its Intelligent Foundations and Experiences (IFX) team to advance AI engineering that drives real‑world banking solutions. You will design, build, and deploy AI-powered products with cross‑functional partners across engineering, research science, PMs, and product teams.

This role focuses on foundation model training, inference, agents, and multi‑model orchestration in a scalable, cost‑aware environment.