Senior AI Engineer: Foundations & LLM Optimization

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

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Senior Lead AI Engineer (AI Foundations, VLM Customization) to advance responsible AI for banking. You will partner with engineers, researchers, and PMs to deliver AI-powered products that transform how associates work and how customers interact with Capital One.

The role emphasizes foundation model customization, deployment, and governance using AWS, HuggingFace, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, and PyTorch to push scalable AI capabilities in production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's with relevant AI/ML experience as specified.
• At least 6 years coding experience in Python, Go, Scala, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components.
• Leverage Open Source and SaaS AI tech stacks for production systems.
• Invent and apply state-of-the-art LLM optimization techniques.
• Contribute to the technical vision and long-term AI roadmap.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Scala

Leadership

Communication

Education

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

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

Tools

AWS

HuggingFace

VectorDBs

Nemo Guardrails

PyTorch

Job description

Capital One seeks a Senior Lead AI Engineer (AI Foundations, VLM Customization) to advance responsible AI for banking. You will partner with engineers, researchers, and PMs to deliver AI-powered products that transform how associates work and how customers interact with Capital One.

The role emphasizes foundation model customization, deployment, and governance using AWS, HuggingFace, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, and PyTorch to push scalable AI capabilities in production.