Senior AI Engineering Leader, Foundation Models

Information Technology Senior Management Forum; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 251,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Manager, AI Engineer in San Jose to lead the design, development and deployment of AI-powered products that transform customer experiences.

You will guide cross‑functional teams, optimize large‑scale AI systems, and ensure responsible AI governance while mentoring engineers and shaping the technical roadmap. The role emphasizes collaboration across Research, Data, and Platform groups, with a focus on building scalable, high‑performance AI infrastructure and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/AI/EE or related fields with 6+ years of AI/ML experience, or a Master's with 4+ years.
• At least 1 year of people leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross‑functional teams to deliver AI products that impact associates and customers.
• Oversee design, development, testing, deployment, and support of AI software components.
• Make build‑vs‑buy decisions across Open Source and SaaS AI tech stacks.
• Invent foundation model optimization techniques to improve performance, cost, latency, and throughput.
• Contribute to the technical vision and long‑term roadmap of foundational AI systems.
• Attract and retain top AI talent and foster a culture of learning and development.
• Translate AI goals into actionable roadmaps with measurable outcomes.
• Operationalize Responsible AI with gates, documentation, and rollout standards.
• Collaborate with Research, Data, and Platform teams to accelerate model lifecycle.

Skills

People leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

System design

Research understanding

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Python

C++

C#

Java

CUDA

Golang

PyTorch

HuggingFace

VectorDBs

AWS

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Manager, AI Engineer in San Jose to lead the design, development and deployment of AI-powered products that transform customer experiences.

You will guide cross‑functional teams, optimize large‑scale AI systems, and ensure responsible AI governance while mentoring engineers and shaping the technical roadmap. The role emphasizes collaboration across Research, Data, and Platform groups, with a focus on building scalable, high‑performance AI infrastructure and