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 experienced AI Engineer to join the Intelligent Foundations and Experiences team in a role focused on building real-time, responsible AI systems for banking applications.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy AI software, including foundation model training, LLM inference, and vector search. The role emphasizes scalable, cost-aware solutions and governance across AI pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/AI/EE/CE with relevant AI/ML experience.
• 6+ years coding in Python, Go, Scala, CUDA or Java.
• Experience building AI/ML systems and optimizing production pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers, researchers, PMs to deliver AI products.
• Design, develop, test, deploy AI software components for foundation models.
• Lead multi-model orchestration pipelines integrating LLMs and vector databases.
• Develop cost-performance governance, monitor GPU usage and throughput.
• Mentor senior AI engineers and uphold engineering standards.

Skills

Engineering & math foundation

Team leadership

AI systems awareness

Education

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

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

Tools

Python

Go

Scala

CUDA

Java

C++

C#

Golang

Job description

Capital One is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to join the Intelligent Foundations and Experiences team in a role focused on building real-time, responsible AI systems for banking applications.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy AI software, including foundation model training, LLM inference, and vector search. The role emphasizes scalable, cost-aware solutions and governance across AI pipelines.