Capital One

Banking

SrDistinguishedAIEngineer

$315–359k San Jose, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Sr Distinguished AI Engineer at Capital One. Skills: AI, ML, foundation model training, large language model inference, similarity search, guardrails, model evaluation, experimentation, governance, observability, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, PyTorch, Python, LLM Optimization. Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components including foundation model training, large language model inference, similarity search, guardrails, model evaluation, experime”

What You'll Achieve.

deliver AI-powered products that change how our associates work and how our customers interact with Capital One; deliver value to millions of customers; achieve business goals when the route is unknown

Industry & Context.

Banking
Problems you'll solve

digging deep to uncover the root of problems; clarity to big, undefined 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 10 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 8 years of experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies, At least 10 years of experience programming with Python, Go, Scala, or Java

Nice to Have

9 years of experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or equivalent private cloud), Experience architecting, designing, developing, integrating, delivering, and supporting complex enterprise AI systems, Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor an engineering organization and influence cross-functional stakeholders up to the SVP level, 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, Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex AI concepts to peers

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

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; work hand-in-hand with our partners across the company to advance the state of the art in science and AI engineering; empower teams across Capital One to enhance their products with the transformative power of AI; influence cross-functional stakeholders up to the SVP level

Communication Scope

articulate complex AI concepts to peers; articulate your findings concisely with clarity

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