Senior AI Foundations & Agentic LLM Engineer

Capital One; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 215,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is hiring an AI Engineer 4 to advance foundational AI systems and agentic AI capabilities. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, PMs, and product teams to design and deploy AI-powered products at scale in a secure, governed environment.

The role emphasizes end-to-end architecture, model optimization, and responsible AI, with salary ranges listed for San Francisco and other locations. Capital One supports hybrid and on-site work with strong benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields with at least 4 years of AI/ML development, or Master’s with at least 2 years' experience.
• 4+ years of programming experience in Python, Go, Scala, CUDA, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Deliver AI-powered products with cross-functional teams.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components including model training and inference.
• Lead architecture for complex AI systems with emphasis on observability, governance, and security.
• Mentor senior engineers on scalable design and production translation.

Skills

Python

Go

Scala

CUDA

Java

Systems thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in CS/AI/EE/CE

Master's in CS/AI/EE/CE

Tools

AWS Ultraclusters

Huggingface

VectorDBs

PyTorch

Job description

Capital One is hiring an AI Engineer 4 to advance foundational AI systems and agentic AI capabilities. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, PMs, and product teams to design and deploy AI-powered products at scale in a secure, governed environment.

The role emphasizes end-to-end architecture, model optimization, and responsible AI, with salary ranges listed for San Francisco and other locations. Capital One supports hybrid and on-site work with strong benefits.