Senior AI Engineer: Foundation Models & Scalable AI

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an AI Engineer 5 to advance foundational AI systems and scalable production AI infrastructure in a cross-functional environment. You will design, train, and deploy AI components, including foundation model work, LLM inference, and multi-agent workflows, while driving governance, cost-efficiency, and observability.

The role requires strong software engineering and AI expertise, with experience delivering high-scale AI solutions on cloud platforms and mentoring other

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components (foundation models, LLM inference, agents, multi-agent workflows).
• Leverage Open Source and SaaS AI technologies (AWS Ultraclusters, HuggingFace, PyTorch).
• Invent state-of-the-art foundation model optimization techniques for production AI systems.
• Contribute to technical vision and long-term roadmap of foundational AI systems.

Skills

Python

Go

Scala

CUDA

Java

Distributed AI systems

LLM automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/AI/EE/CE

Master's degree in CS/AI/EE/CE

Tools

Huggingface

PyTorch

VectorDBs

AWS

Job description

Capital One is seeking an AI Engineer 5 to advance foundational AI systems and scalable production AI infrastructure in a cross-functional environment. You will design, train, and deploy AI components, including foundation model work, LLM inference, and multi-agent workflows, while driving governance, cost-efficiency, and observability.

The role requires strong software engineering and AI expertise, with experience delivering high-scale AI solutions on cloud platforms and mentoring other