Senior Staff AI Engineer (Remote Eligible)
Core
Design, develop, test, deploy, and support large-scale production AI systems, including foundation model training, LLM inference, agents, and multi-agent workflows for banking customers.
Role type
Senior Staff AI Engineer (Applied Science & Engineering)
Builds
Proprietary AI platforms and solutions that empower teams across Capital One to enhance products with AI.
Domain
Financial Services / Applied AI & Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Foundation model training, LLM inference, agent and multi-agent workflows, similarity search, model evaluation, experimentation, governance, observability, foundation model optimization, technical AI architecture vision, AI safety and transparency standards, multi-year platform initiatives, mentorship of senior technical leaders
Preferred skills
AI platform architecture with tradeoff decisions, scalable AI deployment on cloud platforms, complex AI system design, leading and mentoring multiple engineering teams, agentic AI systems development, state-of-the-art training and inference optimization, AI research application, long-term AI infrastructure strategy, organization-wide AI safety and governance adoption, R&D investment strategy, model right-sizing
Technologies
AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, PyTorch, CUDA, Python, Go, Scala, Java, C++, C#, Golang
Responsibilities
Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products; Design and deploy AI software components; Invent optimization techniques for production AI systems; Contribute to technical vision and roadmap; Define AI architecture vision; Establish AI performance, safety, and transparency standards; Drive multi-year platform initiatives; Mentor senior technical leaders
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership and mentorship