Senior Director of AI Engineering — Remote Leadership

Capital One; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 343,000 - 392,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an experienced AI engineering leader to drive the design, development, and deployment of foundation models and AI systems. You will oversee model training, inference, governance, and observability while guiding the technical vision and multi‑year roadmap across enterprise AI applications.

You will attract and develop top AI talent, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and champion responsible AI practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree with extensive AI/ML experience.
• At least 5 years of people leadership experience.
• Experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI engineering teams across foundation models, training, inference, and governance.
• Oversee design, deployment, testing, and support of AI software components.
• Shape multi‑year roadmaps for scalable, compliant AI systems.
• Drive responsible AI practices and cross‑functional collaboration across risk, data, and product teams.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop AI talent and leaders.

Skills

Leadership

AI/ML design

Foundation models

Optimization of AI systems

Mentoring & coaching

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / AI / EE / CE or related fields

Master's Degree in Computer Science / AI / EE / CE or related fields

Tools

AWS Ultraclusters

Huggingface

PyTorch

VectorDBs

Guardrails

Job description

Capital One is seeking an experienced AI engineering leader to drive the design, development, and deployment of foundation models and AI systems. You will oversee model training, inference, governance, and observability while guiding the technical vision and multi‑year roadmap across enterprise AI applications.

You will attract and develop top AI talent, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and champion responsible AI practices.