Sr. Staff AI Engineer
Core
Architecting and deploying scalable, responsible AI systems (LLMs, agentic workflows, vector search) to improve associate and customer experiences at Capital One.
Role type
Sr. Staff AI Engineer (Infrastructure & Strategy)
Builds
Production AI platforms, foundation model training/inference systems, and agentic workflows for banking customers.
Domain
Financial Services / Applied AI & Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, Go, Scala, CUDA, Java, LLM inference, similarity search, VectorDBs, model optimization, agentic AI systems, hardware utilization, AI safety/governance
Preferred skills
Cloud architecture (AWS/GCP/Azure), cross-functional leadership, R&D strategy, AI safety alignment, model right-sizing
Technologies
AWS Ultraclusters, Hugging Face, PyTorch, VectorDBs, CUDA, Golang, C++, C#
Responsibilities
Design and deploy AI software components (training, inference, agents, guardrails); define technical AI architecture vision; lead multi-year platform initiatives; mentor senior technical leaders; drive organization-wide AI safety and governance standards.
Seniority
Sr. Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
