Senior AI Engineer: Foundation Models & Production AI

Capital One; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an AI Engineer 3 in San Jose, CA to design, implement, and scale AI systems across foundational models, LLMs, and agent workflows. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, and product managers to deliver AI-powered banking experiences.

The role emphasizes state-of-the-art optimization, governance, and observability of AI components, with opportunities to mentor junior engineers and influence the technical roadmap.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in a computing or engineering field with relevant AI/ML experience
• 3+ years of experience in AI/ML algorithm development or related technologies
• Proficient in Python or other programming languages listed in Basic Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components
• Lead multi-turn conversational and tool-using agent workflows with measurable metrics
• Implement scalable pipelines for training, fine-tuning and deployment of models
• Collaborate with research and data engineering to improve evaluation methodologies
• Mentor junior AI engineers and uphold engineering excellence

Skills

Python

Go

Scala

CUDA

Java

Education

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

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

Tools

AWS Ultraclusters

Huggingface

PyTorch

VectorDBs

Job description

Capital One is seeking an AI Engineer 3 in San Jose, CA to design, implement, and scale AI systems across foundational models, LLMs, and agent workflows. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, and product managers to deliver AI-powered banking experiences.

The role emphasizes state-of-the-art optimization, governance, and observability of AI components, with opportunities to mentor junior engineers and influence the technical roadmap.