Senior AI Engineer, Foundational AI Systems

Capital One National Association; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an AI Engineer to join the Intelligent Foundations and Experiences team in McLean, VA. You will design, develop and deploy AI software components, including foundation model training, LLM inference, agents, and multi-model pipelines, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable AI capabilities.

The role emphasizes responsible AI, governance, observability, and cost-performance optimization across large-scale production systems, with opportunities to mentor

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in a technical field with 4–6+ years in AI/ML development.
• Strong Python/Java/Scala/CUDA experience and production-grade software
• Experience with modern AI tooling and cloud platforms

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components.
• Lead foundation model optimization and multi-model orchestration pipelines.
• Establish cost-performance governance and observe model throughput and latency.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical roadmaps.

Skills

Python

Go

Scala

CUDA

Java

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

AWS

HuggingFace

VectorDBs

PyTorch

Job description

Capital One is seeking an AI Engineer to join the Intelligent Foundations and Experiences team in McLean, VA. You will design, develop and deploy AI software components, including foundation model training, LLM inference, agents, and multi-model pipelines, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable AI capabilities.

The role emphasizes responsible AI, governance, observability, and cost-performance optimization across large-scale production systems, with opportunities to mentor