AI Engineer

Capital One

. Partner with engineers, research scientists, technical program managers, and product managers to deliver AI-powered products .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeSan Jose • California • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $229,900 - $286,200 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and optimizing AI and ML algorithms, with a strong focus on scalable solutions and cost-performance governance. Proficient in leading cross-functional teams and mentoring engineers while ensuring compliance with AI engineering standards.

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AI And ML Algorithm DevelopmentPython ProgrammingCloud Platform DeploymentAI Systems OptimizationCost-Performance Governance

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Hard Skills

AI Software DevelopmentFoundation Model TrainingLLM InferenceMulti-Agent WorkflowsModel EvaluationExperimentationGovernanceObservabilityDynamic Inference StrategiesModel Compression

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationPresentation SkillsMentoring

Tools & Technologies

AWS UltraclustersHugging FaceVector DatabasesPyTorchCUDAGoScalaJavaC++C#

Industry Keywords

AI Engineering StandardsEthical AI DeploymentScalabilityLatencyThroughputCost Efficiency

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudJavaPythonPyTorchScalaC++Go

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with engineers, research scientists, technical program managers, and product managers to deliver AI-powered products
Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components, including foundation model training, LLM inference, agents, multi-agent workflows, similarity search, guardrails, model evaluation, experimentation, governance, and observability
Leverage open-source and SaaS AI technologies such as AWS Ultraclusters, Hugging Face, vector databases, and PyTorch
Invent and introduce foundation-model optimization techniques to improve scalability, cost, latency, and throughput
Contribute to the technical vision and long-term roadmap of foundational AI systems
Design, implement, and optimize multi-model orchestration pipelines integrating LLMs, vector search, and domain-specific models
Establish and lead cost-performance governance reviews, tracking GPU utilization, model throughput, and inference cost efficiency
Lead design councils or review boards to ensure technical consistency and compliance with AI engineering standards
Mentor Principal- and Manager-level AI engineers and foster cross-domain learning

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields plus at least 6 years of experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies, OR a Master's degree in those fields plus at least 4 years of such experience
At least 6 years of experience programming with Python, Go, Scala, CUDA, or Java
Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization
Experience leading AI systems development with cost, latency, throughput, and accuracy tradeoffs
7 years of experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms
Experience designing, developing, delivering, and supporting complex AI systems
Experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies using Python, C++, C#, Java, CUDA, or Golang
Experience optimizing training and inference software for hardware utilization, latency, throughput, and cost
Experience building agentic AI systems and workflows
Experience architecting heterogeneous AI systems into unified production pipelines
Experience defining and enforcing ethical AI deployment standards
Ability to balance model performance and operational cost through dynamic inference strategies and model compression
Experience right-sizing models, instance counts, and hardware types
Excellent communication and presentation skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Performance-based incentive compensation, including cash bonus(es) and/or long-term incentives (LTI)
Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being
Reasonable accommodations for applicants who require them