Senior AI Engineering Manager

ITSMF; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 251,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Manager, AI Engineer to lead AI/ML initiatives across a hybrid model. You will guide cross-functional teams, oversee model training and deployment, and drive optimization across large-scale AI systems.

This role emphasizes responsible AI, governance, and collaboration with Research, Data, and Platform teams. The candidate will mentor engineers, define roadmaps, and ensure production readiness while balancing research and delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in a relevant field with required experience.
• 6+ years AI/ML development experience (or 4+ with MS).
• 1+ year of people leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products.
• Oversee design, development, testing, deployment and support of AI software components.
• Make high-judgment build-vs-buy decisions across OSS and SaaS AI technologies.
• Invent foundation model optimization techniques to improve performance and cost.
• Contribute to technical vision and long-term roadmap for AI systems at Capital One.
• Attract and retain top AI talent and foster team development.

Skills

AI/ML systems design

People leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/AI/EE/CE

Master’s degree in CS/AI/EE/CE

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

HuggingFace

PyTorch

VectorDBs

LLM Inference

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Manager, AI Engineer to lead AI/ML initiatives across a hybrid model. You will guide cross-functional teams, oversee model training and deployment, and drive optimization across large-scale AI systems.

This role emphasizes responsible AI, governance, and collaboration with Research, Data, and Platform teams. The candidate will mentor engineers, define roadmaps, and ensure production readiness while balancing research and delivery.