Lead AI Engineer

Capital One Financial

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Jose, CASan Francisco, CAMcLean, VACambridge, MANew York, NY
Salary
$197,300–$225,100 / yr
Posted
63 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Similar $205k
This role $211k
$154k most similar roles pay here $256k

This role pays more than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $164,250–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $211k versus about $205k for comparable roles.

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About Capital One Financial

Capital One Financial is a bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings products, known for its data-driven approach to consumer and commercial finance. Industry: Financial Services & Banking

Capital One Financial currently has 998 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 992 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead AI Engineer

Lead AI Engineer (MLX, Agentic AI, Gen AI platform Services) joins the Intelligent Foundations and Experiences team to develop proprietary solutions that empower internal teams and enhance customer interactions through advanced machine learning. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to design, develop, test, deploy, and support critical software components including foundation model training, large language model inference, similarity search, guardrails, and observability. The role involves implementing state-of-the-art LLM optimization techniques to improve performance metrics like scalability, cost, latency, and throughput for production systems. You will utilize a technical stack featuring PyTorch, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, and AWS Ultraclusters while programming in Python, Go, Scala, or Java. This position focuses on building high-performance AI infrastructure to solve complex problems related to large-scale production systems and the development of responsible, scalable AI models for banking services.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components including foundation model training and LLM inference.
  • Implement similarity search, guardrails, model evaluation, experimentation, governance, and observability for production systems.
  • Develop state-of-the-art LLM optimization techniques to improve performance, scalability, cost, latency, and throughput.
  • Utilize a broad stack of open-source and SaaS technologies including Huggingface, VectorDBs, and PyTorch.
  • Contribute to the technical vision and long-term roadmap of foundational AI systems.
  • Translate complex scientific research into practical, production-ready AI solutions.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products for internal use and customer interaction.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields with at least 4 years of experience developing AI/ML algorithms.
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields with at least 2 years of experience developing AI/ML algorithms.
  • At least 4 years of experience programming with Python, Go, Scala, or Java.
  • Experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
  • Experience designing, developing, delivering, and supporting AI services including LLM inference, similarity search, and vector databases.
  • Experience applying state-of-the-art techniques to optimize training and inference software for hardware utilization, latency, throughput, and cost.
  • Ability to interpret scientific publications and apply novel research techniques in production environments.
  • Strong foundation in engineering and mathematics to identify and exploit optimization opportunities in hardware and software.

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