Staff AI Engineer
Capital OneBase Salary
$294k - $335k/yr
Responsibilities
- 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 for foundation model training, LLM inference, similarity search, guardrails, model evaluation, experimentation, governance, and observability.
- Use open-source and SaaS AI technologies to build scalable production systems.
- Invent and apply LLM training and inference optimization techniques to improve scalability, cost, latency, throughput, and hardware utilization.
- Contribute to the technical vision and long-term roadmap for foundational AI systems.
- Lead and mentor multiple engineering teams and influence cross-functional stakeholders up to the VP level.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field plus at least 8 years of experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies, or a master's degree in a related field plus at least 6 years of such experience.
- At least 8 years of experience programming with Python, Go, Scala, or Java.
- Experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms.
- Experience architecting, designing, developing, integrating, delivering, and supporting complex AI systems.
- Experience developing AI and ML technologies such as LLM inference, similarity search, vector databases, guardrails, and memory using Python, C++, C#, Java, or Golang.
- Experience optimizing training and inference software for hardware utilization, latency, throughput, and cost.
- Ability to apply novel AI research techniques in production.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex AI concepts.
Benefits
- Capital One offers comprehensive health, financial, and other benefits supporting employee well-being, with eligibility varying by employment and management status.
- The role is eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and long-term incentives.
- The posting provides location-specific annual salary ranges for Cambridge, McLean, New York, San Francisco, and San Jose, with other locations subject to their applicable pay ranges.
About Capital One
At Capital One, we're making things better for our customers and associates through innovation and collaboration. We were founded on the belief that everyone deserves financial freedom—and are dedicated to a world where all have equal opportunity to prosper. Banking is in our DNA, but we are so much more than a bank. We always think about what’s next—and how we can bring our customers the tools needed to improve their financial lives. Your ideas, experiences and skills will help make banking better. You’ll be part of a supportive culture while earning amazing benefits. That’s life at Capital One. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. View our Social Media Community Guidelines https://www.capitalone.com/digital/social-media/