Senior AI Systems Engineer — Foundation Models

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

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based incentives

Job summary

Capital One seeks an AI Engineer 4 to join the Intelligent Foundations and Experiences team. You will shape AI-powered products, design scalable AI systems, and optimize model performance and cost. You will work with engineers, scientists, PMs, and infra teams to deliver responsible, high-impact AI solutions at scale.

The role requires 4+ years in AI/ML with strong Python/Java/CUDA skills, cloud experience, and a drive to push the state of the art while ensuring ethical alignment and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/AI/EE/CE with 4+ years in AI/ML or a Master's with 2+ years.
• Excellent programming skills in Python, Go, Scala, CUDA or Java.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components.
• Leverage Open Source and SaaS AI tools (e.g., AWS, HuggingFace, VectorDBs, PyTorch).
• Optimize foundation model performance, latency, and cost.
• Define and maintain architecture for complex AI systems with governance and observability.
• Set and monitor SLOs for AI reliability and model performance drift.
• Collaborate with infrastructure to optimize GPU/TPU usage.

Skills

Python

Go

Scala

CUDA

Java

AI/ML algorithms

Large language models

Vector databases

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/AI/EE/CE) + 4 yrs exp

Master's degree + 2 yrs exp

Tools

AWS

HuggingFace

PyTorch

Job description

Capital One seeks an AI Engineer 4 to join the Intelligent Foundations and Experiences team. You will shape AI-powered products, design scalable AI systems, and optimize model performance and cost. You will work with engineers, scientists, PMs, and infra teams to deliver responsible, high-impact AI solutions at scale.

The role requires 4+ years in AI/ML with strong Python/Java/CUDA skills, cloud experience, and a drive to push the state of the art while ensuring ethical alignment and governance.