Senior AI Engineer: Foundation Models & Production ML

Capital One; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks an AI Engineer 5 in Cambridge, MA to design, build, and optimize large-scale AI systems. You will partner with engineers, researchers, PMs, and product managers to deliver AI-powered products and components, including LLM inference, vector search, and multi-model orchestration.

The role requires strong Python/Java/CUDA development, experience with AI tooling, and a track record of scalable, responsible AI deployment. Competitive benefits and a clear career path are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields plus at least 6 years of AI/ML experience, or a Master's plus at least 4 years of AI/ML experience.
• At least 6 years of experience programming with Python, Go, Scala, CUDA, or Java

Responsibilities

• Partner with a cross-functional team to deliver AI-powered products
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components
• Leverage Open Source and SaaS AI technologies
• Invent and optimize foundation model techniques for performance and cost
• Contribute to the technical vision and roadmap of AI systems
• Lead multi-model orchestration pipelines and governance reviews

Skills

Python

Go

Scala

CUDA

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fields

Master's degree in Computer Science or related fields

Tools

AWS Ultraclusters

Huggingface

VectorDBs

PyTorch

Job description

Capital One seeks an AI Engineer 5 in Cambridge, MA to design, build, and optimize large-scale AI systems. You will partner with engineers, researchers, PMs, and product managers to deliver AI-powered products and components, including LLM inference, vector search, and multi-model orchestration.

The role requires strong Python/Java/CUDA development, experience with AI tooling, and a track record of scalable, responsible AI deployment. Competitive benefits and a clear career path are offered.