Sr. Distinguished AI Engineer (Agentic AI Platform)

Capital One Financial

Actively hiring
San Jose, CA · San Francisco, CA · McLean, VA · Cambridge, MA · New York, NY Posted 29 days ago $314,800$359,300 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Senior Distinguished AI Engineer on the Agentic AI Platform team, you will focus on architecting and standardizing agentic workflows by evaluating frameworks like LangGraph, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, and LlamaIndex to ensure enterprise SLA compliance. Your daily tasks include developing an end-to-end GenAI SDK, CLI, and starter kits that streamline secure and observable agentic workflow creation for AI engineers. You will also contribute to trust and safety by designing central guardrail services such as prompt firewalls and content filters. Additionally, you will collaborate with cross-organization architects to optimize orchestration and reduce per-token spend while incubating proof of concepts like hierarchical agent memory and multimodal RAG. The role requires expertise in Python, Go, Scala, or Java, along with experience in deploying scalable AI solutions on cloud platforms and leading GenAI architectures in production.

Skills

Python Go Kubernetes LangChain AutoGen SemanticKernel LLMOps GoogleCloudVertexAI AmazonSageMaker AzureMachineLearning CI/CD ResponsibleAI DataPrivacy MultiTenantSecurityPatterns ServiceMesh

What you'll do

  • Evaluate and integrate agentic frameworks to standardize enterprise SLAs.
  • Develop an end-to-end GenAI SDK and CLI for rapid prototyping of secure workflows.
  • Design central guardrail services to ensure trust and safety in AI applications.
  • Optimize orchestration levels for cost reduction and performance enhancement.
  • Coach and mentor engineers, author technical documents, and represent at conferences.

What we're looking for

  • At least 10 years of experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies.
  • Proficient in Python, Go, Scala, or Java programming languages.
  • Experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms.
  • Expertise in supporting agentic frameworks like LangChain, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel.
  • Deep understanding of Responsible AI, data privacy, and multi-tenant security patterns.
  • Mastery of Kubernetes (multi-region clusters, service mesh).
  • Leadership experience in architecting GenAI or LLM-Powered application architectures.

Market check

Salary context

This $314,800–$359,300 range sits above 98% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$170,800$243,750

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$162,000$246,150

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 489 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 483 roles with salary data.

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