Senior AI Foundations Lead: LLM & VLM Optimization

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an accomplished AI software leader to design, build, and deploy scalable AI systems. You will work across teams to deliver production-grade AI features, model evaluation, and governance while advancing the long-term AI strategy.

This role emphasizes building robust, cost-efficient, and observable AI solutions in a cloud environment. The position requires deep expertise in LLMs, NLP, and software engineering, with hands-on experience in Python and other languages.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/AI/EE/CE or related field with 6+ years of AI/ML experience, or Master's with 4+ years.
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Responsibilities

• Partner with engineers, research scientists, technical program managers, and product managers to deliver AI-powered products.

Skills

AI Software Development

Large Language Model Inference

Python Programming

Cloud Platform Deployment

Team Leadership

C++ Programming

Java Programming

Go Programming

Excellent Communication

Presentation Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields

Master's degree in those fields

Tools

AWS Ultraclusters

Hugging Face

PyTorch

VectorDBs

NeMo Guardrails

Job description

Capital One is seeking an accomplished AI software leader to design, build, and deploy scalable AI systems. You will work across teams to deliver production-grade AI features, model evaluation, and governance while advancing the long-term AI strategy.

This role emphasizes building robust, cost-efficient, and observable AI solutions in a cloud environment. The position requires deep expertise in LLMs, NLP, and software engineering, with hands-on experience in Python and other languages.