Senior AI Engineer — Foundations & Agentic Workflows

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Performance-based incentives

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an AI Engineer 5 to advance foundations and agentic workflows across AI systems. You will design and optimize AI software, lead multi-model pipelines, and drive cost-performance governance for scalable production AI at Capital One.

The role demands strong Python and ML background, with cloud and on‑prem tooling, in a hybrid work model at McLean, VA. You will mentor teams and shape the long-term AI roadmap.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 6+ years or Master's with 4+ years in AI/ML.
• Strong Python, Go, Scala, CUDA, or Java programming experience.
• Experience leading AI systems with cost, latency, throughput tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to long-term AI system roadmap.

Skills

Python

ML algorithms

AI systems design

Performance optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

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

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

Tools

AWS

HuggingFace

PyTorch

VectorDBs

CUDA

Open Source tools

Job description

Capital One is seeking an AI Engineer 5 to advance foundations and agentic workflows across AI systems. You will design and optimize AI software, lead multi-model pipelines, and drive cost-performance governance for scalable production AI at Capital One.

The role demands strong Python and ML background, with cloud and on‑prem tooling, in a hybrid work model at McLean, VA. You will mentor teams and shape the long-term AI roadmap.