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Senior Distinguished AI Engineer

San Francisco, CA, US💼 Full-time💰 $314,000–$359,000🗓 2026-04-06 → 2026-07-31

Core

Building responsible, scalable AI infrastructure and deploying proprietary foundation models (LLMs, vector search) to transform banking experiences for millions of customers.

Role type

Senior Distinguished AI Engineer (Hands-on IC with strategic influence)

Builds

Production AI systems, foundation model training/inference pipelines, and scalable ML platforms for Capital One's banking products.

Domain

Financial Services / Applied AI / Large Language Models

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, Go, Scala, Java, C++, C#, PyTorch, LLM optimization, system architecture, hardware/software optimization, mathematical foundation

Preferred skills

Cloud platform deployment (AWS/GCP/Azure), enterprise AI system design, mentoring engineering teams, cross-functional stakeholder influence, novel research application

Technologies

AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, PyTorch

Responsibilities

Design and deploy AI software components including foundation model training and inference; optimize LLM performance for scalability and cost; contribute to the technical vision and roadmap of foundational AI systems; partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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