Senior AI Systems Engineer: Foundation Models & Scalable AI

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

Job summary

Capital One is building responsible AI systems to transform banking experiences. You will partner with engineers, researchers, PMs to ship AI-powered products and ensure scalable, secure, and observable AI platforms.

The role focuses on foundation model work, optimization techniques, and end-to-end architecture, with responsibility for reliability and governance across production systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's with experience in AI/ML algorithms or technologies.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or C++ and at least 4 years of coding.
• Experience deploying AI/ML systems and working with large-scale data.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers, researchers, and PMs to deliver AI-powered products.
• Design, train, deploy, monitor, and govern AI software components.
• Optimize model inference, manage latency, cost, and reliability.
• Lead technical reviews and ensure security and governance standards.

Skills

Python

Go

Scala

CUDA

Java

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/AI/EE/CE

Master's Degree in CS/AI/EE/CE

Job description

Capital One is building responsible AI systems to transform banking experiences. You will partner with engineers, researchers, PMs to ship AI-powered products and ensure scalable, secure, and observable AI platforms.

The role focuses on foundation model work, optimization techniques, and end-to-end architecture, with responsibility for reliability and governance across production systems.