Capital One

Financial Services

LeadAIEngineer(GenAIPlatform,AIFoundations,LLMCoreandAgenticAI)

$197–225k McLean, Virginia, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Lead AI Engineer (GenAI Platform, AI Foundations, LLM Core and Agentic AI) at Capital One. Skills: AI Engineering, GenAI Platform, LLM Core, Agentic AI. Partner with cross-functional team. Deliver AI-powered products”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Digging deep; Uncover root of problems

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, 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, 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, Experience designing, developing, delivering, and supporting AI services, Experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies using Python, C++, C#, Java, or Golang, Experience developing and applying state-of-the-art techniques for optimizing training and inference software

What You'll Do.

Partner with cross-functional team

Deliver AI-powered products

Design AI software components

Develop AI software components

Test AI software components

Deploy AI software components

Support AI software components

Leverage Open Source AI technologies

Leverage SaaS AI technologies

Invent LLM optimization techniques

Introduce LLM optimization techniques

Contribute to technical vision

Contribute to long term roadmap

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional team; Engineers; Research scientists; Technical program managers; Product managers

Communication Scope

Articulate findings

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Free ATS check

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