Capital One
banking
LeadAIEngineer(AIFoundations,LLMCustomizationandFinetuning)
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“Lead AI Engineer (AI Foundations, LLM Customization and Finetuning) at Capital One. Skills: AI Foundations, LLM Customization, Finetuning, foundation model training, large language model inference, similarity search, guardrails, model evaluation, experimentation, governance, observability, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, PyTorch, LLM optimization. Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components including foundation model training, large language mode”
Industry & Context.
thrive on bringing clarity to big, undefined problems; digging deep to uncover the root of problems; see and exploit optimization opportunities that others miss
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields plus at least 4 years of experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies, or a Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields plus at least 2 years of experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies, At least 4 years of experience programming with Python, Go, Scala, or Java
Nice to Have
6 years of experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or equivalent private cloud), Experience designing, developing, delivering, and supporting AI services, Experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies (e.g. LLM Inference, Similarity Search and VectorDBs, Guardrails, Memory) using Python, C++, C#, Java, or Golang, Experience developing and applying state-of-the-art techniques for optimizing training and inference software to improve hardware utilization, latency, throughput, and cost, Passion for staying abreast of the latest AI research and AI systems, and judiciously apply novel techniques in production
What You'll Do.
and support AI software components including foundation model training
large language model inference
Invent and introduce state-of-the-art LLM optimization techniques to improve the performance — scalability
throughput — of large scale production AI systems.
Contribute to the technical vision and the long term roadmap of foundational AI systems at Capital One.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with a cross-functional team of engineers, research scientists, technical program managers, and product managers to deliver AI-powered products that change how our associates work and how our customers interact with Capital One.
Communication Scope
articulate your findings concisely with clarity
Process & Methodology
technical program managers
Full Job Description
Lead AI Engineer (AI Foundations, LLM Customization and Finetuning) **Overview** At Capital One, we are creating responsible and reliable AI systems, changing banking for good. For years, Capital One has been an industry leader in using machine learning to create real-time, personalized customer experiences. Our investments in technology infrastructure and world-class talent — along with our deep experience in machine learning — position us to be at the forefront of enterprises leveraging AI. From informing customers about unusual charges to answering their questions in real time, our applications of AI & ML are bringing humanity and simplicity to banking. We are committed to continuing to build world-class applied science and engineering teams to deliver our industry leading capabilities with breakthrough product experiences and scalable, high-performance AI infrastructure. At Capital One, you will help bring the transformative power of emerging AI capabilities to reimagine how we serve our customers and businesses who have come to love the products and services we build. **Team Description:** The Intelligent Foundations and Experiences (IFX) team is at the center of bringing our vision for AI at Capital One to life. We work hand-in-hand with our partners across the company to advance the state of the art in science and AI engineering, and we build and deploy proprietary solutions that are central to our business and deliver value to millions of customers. Our AI models and platforms empower teams across Capital One to enhance their products with the transformative power of AI, in responsible and scalable ways for the highest leverage impact. **In this role, you will: ** * Partner with a cross-functional team of engineers, research scientists, technical program managers, and product managers to deliver AI-powered products that change how our associates work and how our customers interact with Capital One. * Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software com
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