Lead AI Engineer at Capital One
Overview
Capital One is leading responsible AI initiatives in banking, utilizing machine learning to enhance customer experiences. We focus on building scalable, high-performance AI infrastructure and delivering innovative product experiences.
Team Description
The Intelligent Foundations and Experiences (IFX) team drives AI at Capital One, building proprietary solutions for our business and millions of customers. We enable teams to responsibly leverage AI to add value.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineers, scientists, and product managers.
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components such as:
- Foundation model training
- Large language model inference
- Similarity search
- Guardrails
- Model evaluation and governance
- Observability
- Leverage open-source and SaaS AI technologies like AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, PyTorch.
- Innovate and apply state-of-the-art LLM optimization techniques.
- Contribute to the technical vision and long-term roadmap for foundational AI systems.
Candidate Profile
- Passionate about building quality systems with a commitment to doing the right thing.
- Up-to-date with AI research and able to apply novel techniques.
- Quick learners, problem solvers, and innovative thinkers.
- Deep technical foundation in engineering and mathematics.
- Resilient, adaptable, and goal-oriented.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or AI + 4+ years of experience or Master’s + 2+ years.
- 4+ years programming experience in Python, Go, Scala, or Java.
Preferred Qualifications
- 6+ years deploying scalable AI solutions on cloud platforms.
- Experience with AI/ML algorithms, including LLM inference, similarity search, guardrails.
- Master's degree in relevant field.
- Proven ability to optimize training and inference software.
- Passion for AI research and applying new techniques.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary ranges vary by location (e.g., Boston, MA: $193,400 - $220,700; New York, NY: $211,000 - $240,800)
- Performance-based incentives.
- Comprehensive health, financial, and other benefits.
Application & Contact
- Minimum application period: 5 business days.
- No agency submissions.
- Equal opportunity employer.
- For accommodations or support, contact: RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com.
Skills & Technologies
- Algorithms
- AI & ML
- Python, Go, Scala, Java
- AWS, Cloud Computing, Private Cloud
- Large-Scale Systems
- Research & Innovation
About Capital One
A leading bank that innovates financial services through technology.
Job Highlights
- Helping to change banking through AI.
- Building scalable AI systems.
- Collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams.
- Innovating in LLM & AI optimization techniques.
- Competitive salary and benefits.