Senior Lead AI Engineer (MLXT)

Capital One Group; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 229,900 - 262,400; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Senior Lead AI Engineer to modernize AI workflows and orchestration with generative AI, enabling no-code/low-code development for business users. The role focuses on agentic infrastructure, scalable AutoML, and automated governance within a regulated environment.

You will lead platform enhancements, mentor engineers, and drive high-impact AI initiatives across Capital One’s IFX team, ensuring responsible and scalable AI capabilities for millions of customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, AI, EE, or related field with experience in AI/ML.
• 4+ years of AI/ML algorithm development or related work (for Master’s).
• 6+ years programming experience in Python, Go, Scala, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Modernize Workflows with generative AI and no-code/low-code tools.
• Scale AutoML offerings for tabular and time-series data.
• Engineer governance and safety controls for AI models.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to deploy reliable AI systems.

Skills

Python

Go

Scala

Java

Cloud platforms

Leadership

Mentoring

LLM Inference

Guardrails

Memory

VectorDBs

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/related

Master's degree in CS/AI

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

Job description

## Senior Lead AI Engineer (MLXT)Applylocations: McLean, VA: San Francisco, CA: Cambridge, MA: San Jose, CA: New York, NYtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R247894Senior Lead AI Engineer (MLXT)**Overview:**At Capital One, we are creating responsible and reliable AI systems, changing banking for good. For years, Capital One has been an industry leader in using machine learning to create real-time, personalized customer experiences. Our investments in technology infrastructure and world-class talent — along with our deep experience in machine learning — position us to be at the forefront of enterprises leveraging AI. From informing customers about unusual charges to answering their questions in real time, our applications of AI & ML are bringing humanity and simplicity to banking. We are committed to continuing to build world-class applied science and engineering teams to deliver our industry leading capabilities with breakthrough product experiences and scalable, high-performance AI infrastructure. At Capital One, you will help bring the transformative power of emerging AI capabilities to reimagine how we serve our customers and businesses who have come to love the products and services we build.**Team Description:**The Intelligent Foundations and Experiences (IFX) team is at the center of bringing our vision for AI at Capital One to life. We work hand-in-hand with our partners across the company to advance the state of the art in science and AI engineering, and we build and deploy proprietary solutions that are central to our business and deliver value to millions of customers. Our AI models and platforms empower teams across Capital One to enhance their products with the transformative power of AI, in responsible and scalable ways for the highest leverage impact.As a Senior Lead AI Engineer, you will drive critical technical initiatives that shape the future of enterprise AIML infrastructure targeted to transform the business analysis experience in a highly regulated environment. You will play a pivotal role in modernizing our core Analyst & AIML workflow orchestration layer and user interface, integrating frontier generative AI capabilities and self-serve tooling to enable no-code/low-code, well-governed model development for business domain experts.**In this role, you will:*** Modernize Workflows: Advance the orchestration layer and UI with generative AI capabilities and self-serve tooling to democratize AI development through governed, low-code/no-code tools for business domain experts.* Build Agentic-Driven Infrastructure: Modernize our platform services with agentic infrastructure that is reliable, scalable, secure, and seamlessly adheres to enterprise guardrails.* Drive AutoML Innovation: Scale enterprise-grade managed AutoML offerings for tabular and time-series data to radically reduce solution time-to-market from weeks to days.* Engineer AI-Driven Controls: Evolve the core component marketplace by engineering cutting-edge, automated governance frameworks**The Ideal Candidate:*** You love to build systems, take pride in the quality of your work, and also share our passion to do the right thing. You want to work on problems that will help change banking for good.* Passion for staying abreast of the latest research, and an ability to intuitively understand scientific publications and judiciously apply novel techniques in production.* You adapt quickly and thrive on bringing clarity to big, undefined problems. You love asking questions and digging deep to uncover the root of problems and can articulate your findings concisely with clarity. You have the courage to share new ideas even when they are unproven.* You are deeply Technical. You possess a strong foundation in engineering and mathematics, and your expertise in hardware, software, and AI enable you to see and exploit optimization opportunities that others miss.* You are a resilient trail blazer who can forge new paths to achieve business goals when the route is unknown.**Basic Qualifications:*** Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields plus at least 6 years of experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies, or a Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields plus at least 4 years of experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies* At least 6 years of experience programming with Python, Go, Scala, or Java**Preferred Qualifications:*** 7 years of experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or equivalent private cloud)* Experience designing, developing, integrating, delivering, and supporting complex AI systems* Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor an engineering team and influence cross-functional stakeholders* Experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies (e.g. LLM Inference, Similarity Search and VectorDBs, Guardrails, Memory) using Python, C++, C#, Java, or Golang* Experience developing and applying state-of-the-art techniques for optimizing training and inference software to improve hardware utilization, latency, throughput, and cost* Passion for staying abreast of the latest AI research and AI systems, and judiciously apply novel techniques in production* Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex AI concepts to peers*Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.*The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.Cambridge, MA: $229,900 - $262,400 for Sr. Lead AI EngineerMcLean, VA: $229,900 - $262,400 for Sr. Lead AI EngineerNew York, NY: $250,800 - $286,200 for Sr. Lead AI EngineerSan Francisco, CA: $250,800 - $286,200 for Sr. Lead AI EngineerSan Jose, CA: $250,800 - $286,200 for Sr. Lead AI EngineerCandidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at [e-mail]. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.