Principal Associate, AI Engineer
Core
Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components including foundation model training, LLM inference, similarity search, guardrails, and observability to deliver AI-powered products for banking operations and customer experiences.
Role type
Principal Associate, AI Engineer (LLM & Infrastructure)
Builds
Proprietary AI systems, foundation models, and scalable AI infrastructure for Capital One's banking products.
Domain
Financial Services / Applied AI & Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, Go, Scala, Java, LLM optimization, foundation model training, vector databases, model evaluation, system scalability, hardware/software optimization
Preferred skills
Cloud platform deployment (AWS/GCP/Azure), AI service delivery, C++/C#/Golang, training/inference software optimization
Technologies
AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, PyTorch
Responsibilities
Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI products; Design and deploy AI components; Invent LLM optimization techniques; Contribute to technical vision and roadmap.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic contribution
