Senior 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
$229,900–$262,400 / yr
Posted
24 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $246k
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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Lead AI Engineer

Senior Lead AI Engineer(MLX, Agentic AI, Gen AI platform Services) joins the Intelligent Foundations and Experiences team to develop and deploy proprietary AI solutions that enhance internal workflows and customer interactions. This role involves designing, testing, and supporting software components including foundation model training, large language model inference, similarity search, guardrails, evaluation, and observability. The engineer will implement state-of-the-art LLM optimization techniques to improve performance metrics like scalability, cost, latency, and throughput for production systems. Key technologies include PyTorch, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, and AWS Ultraclusters. Candidates must be proficient in Python, Go, Scala, or Java, with a strong foundation in engineering and mathematics. The role focuses on solving complex technical challenges within the banking domain by building scalable, high-performance AI infrastructure and contributing to the long-term roadmap of foundational systems.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, test, and deploy AI software components including foundation model training and LLM inference.
  • Implement similarity search, guardrails, model evaluation, and observability for production AI systems.
  • Develop state-of-the-art LLM optimization techniques to improve performance, scalability, cost, latency, and throughput.
  • Integrate open-source and SaaS technologies such as Huggingface, VectorDBs, and PyTorch into the platform.
  • Contribute to the technical vision and long-term roadmap of foundational AI systems.
  • Translate complex scientific research and publications into practical production techniques.
  • Lead and mentor an engineering team while influencing cross-functional stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields plus 6 years of experience developing AI/ML algorithms.
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields plus 4 years of experience developing AI/ML algorithms.
  • At least 6 years of experience programming with Python, Go, Scala, or Java.
  • Experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
  • Experience designing, developing, and supporting complex AI systems 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.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor an engineering team and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Excellent communication skills to articulate complex AI concepts clearly to peers.

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