Senior Manager, AI Engineer

Capital One

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

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $229,900 - $286,200 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and deploying scalable AI solutions, with a strong focus on foundation model optimization and responsible AI practices. Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams, translate enterprise AI goals into actionable roadmaps, and mentor talent in the AI domain.

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AI And ML Algorithm DevelopmentPeople Leadership ExperienceCloud Platform DeploymentPython ProgrammingMLOps Familiarity

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Hard Skills

AI Software DevelopmentFoundation Model TrainingLLM InferenceModel EvaluationSimilarity SearchAI Optimization TechniquesAgentic AI SystemsEvaluation PipelinesDrift MonitoringModel Governance

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsPresentation SkillsMentoring Engineers

Tools & Technologies

AWSGoogle CloudAzureHugging FaceVectorDBsPyTorchCUDAGolangC++Java

Industry Keywords

Responsible AIAI ResearchTechnical StrategyModel LifecycleProduction SLOs

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudJavaPythonPyTorchC++Go

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with engineers, research scientists, technical program managers, and product managers to deliver AI-powered products
Oversee design, development, testing, deployment, and support of AI software components, including foundation model training, LLM inference, similarity search, guardrails, model evaluation, experimentation, governance, and observability
Make build-vs-buy decisions across open-source and SaaS AI technologies such as AWS Ultraclusters, Hugging Face, VectorDBs, and PyTorch
Invent and introduce foundation model optimization techniques to improve scalability, cost, latency, and throughput of large-scale production AI systems
Contribute to the technical vision and long-term roadmap of foundational AI systems
Attract and retain AI talent and support the personal and professional development of the team
Translate enterprise AI goals into actionable team roadmaps with measurable outcomes and regular readouts
Operationalize Responsible AI through review gates, documentation and evaluation requirements, and rollout/rollback standards
Create collaboration interfaces with Research, Data, and Platform teams to accelerate the model lifecycle

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 these fields plus at least 4 years of experience
At least 1 year of people leadership experience
3+ years of experience managing and leading an engineering team
6+ years of experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or equivalent private cloud
Experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies using Python, C++, C#, Java, CUDA, or Golang
Experience building agentic AI systems and agentic workflows
Passion for staying abreast of the latest AI research and AI systems and applying novel techniques in production
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex AI concepts to peers
Experience leading technical strategy for a multi-disciplinary AI team
Familiarity with MLOps, AI observability, evaluation pipelines, drift monitoring, and model/version governance
Track record mentoring engineers/scientists to productize prototypes and meet production SLOs
Experience right-sizing models, instance counts, and hardware types based on requirements
Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position

Benefits

Comp & perks

Performance based incentive compensation, which may include 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