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Sr. Lead AI Engineer (Inference Optimization, FM hosting, AI Platform)

5 Locations💼 Full-time💰 $229,900–$229,900🗓 2026-06-03 → 2026-07-30

Core

Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components including foundation model training, large language model inference, similarity search, guardrails, model evaluation, experimentation, governance, and observability to improve performance, scalability, cost, and latency of large-scale production AI systems.

Role type

Senior Lead AI Engineer (Inference Optimization, FM hosting, AI Platform)

Builds

Proprietary AI solutions and foundational AI systems for Capital One's banking products and internal associate tools.

Domain

Banking / Financial Services / Large Language Models / Inference Optimization

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LLM inference optimization, foundation model training, similarity search, vector databases, model guardrails, system observability, Python, Go, Scala, Java, C++, C#, hardware utilization optimization, latency reduction, throughput improvement, cost optimization, cross-functional leadership, technical roadmap planning

Preferred skills

Cloud platform deployment (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure), complex AI system integration, team mentorship, novel research application, hardware/software/AI expertise

Technologies

AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, PyTorch, Python, Go, Scala, Java, C++, C#

Responsibilities

Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products; design and deploy AI components; invent state-of-the-art LLM optimization techniques; contribute to technical vision and long-term roadmap of foundational AI systems.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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