Sr Director, AI Engineering

Overview:

At Capital One we are creating responsible and reliable AI systems changing banking for good. For years Capital One has been an industry leader in using machine learning to create real-time personalized customer experiences. Our investments in technology infrastructure and world-class talent along with our deep experience in machine learning position us to be at the forefront of enterprises leveraging AI. From informing customers about unusual charges to answering their questions in real time our applications of AI & ML are bringing humanity and simplicity to banking. We are committed to continuing to build world-class applied science and engineering teams to deliver our industry leading capabilities with breakthrough product experiences and scalable high-performance AI infrastructure. At Capital One you will help bring the transformative power of emerging AI capabilities to reimagine how we serve our customers and businesses who have come to love the products and services we build.

Team Description:

The Intelligent Foundations and Experiences (IFX) team is at the center of bringing our vision for AI at Capital One to life. We work hand-in-hand with our partners across the company to advance the state of the art in science and AI engineering and we build and deploy proprietary solutions that are central to our business and deliver value to millions of customers. Our AI models and platforms empower teams across Capital One to enhance their products with the transformative power of AI in responsible and scalable ways for the highest leverage impact.

In this role you will:

• Partner with a cross-functional team of engineers research scientists technical program managers and product managers to deliver AI-powered products that change how our associates work and how our customers interact with Capital One.

• Oversee the design development testing deployment and support AI software components including foundation model training large language model inference similarity search guardrails model evaluation experimentation governance and observability etc.

• Make high judgment build-vs-buy decisions across a broad stack of Open Source and SaaS AI technologies such as AWS Ultraclusters Huggingface VectorDBs Nemo Guardrails PyTorch and more.

• Invent and introduce state-of-the-art LLM optimization techniques to improve the performance scalability cost latency throughput of large scale production AI systems.

• Contribute to the technical vision and the long term roadmap of foundational AI systems at Capital One.

• Attract and retain top talent in the AI industry and nurture personal and professional development for your team. Foster a culture of learning and staying abreast of the state-of-the-art in AI.

The Ideal Candidate:

• You love to build systems take pride in the quality of your work and also share our passion to do the right thing. You want to work on problems that will help change banking for good.

• Passion for staying abreast of the latest research and an ability to intuitively understand scientific publications and judiciously apply novel techniques in production.

• You get fulfillment from empowering others to achieve their potential and you actively drive professional development through mentoring and coaching. You are hands-on when necessary and lead by example.

• You adapt quickly and thrive on bringing clarity to big undefined problems. You love asking questions and digging deep to uncover the root of problems and can articulate your findings concisely with clarity. You have the courage to share new ideas even when they are unproven.

• You are deeply Technical. You possess a strong foundation in engineering and mathematics and your expertise in hardware software and AI enable you to see and exploit optimization opportunities that others miss.

• You are a resilient trail blazer who can forge new paths to achieve business goals when the route is unknown.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors 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 Masters 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 5 years of people leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7 years of experience managing and leading an engineering team

• 8 years of experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Google Cloud Azure or equivalent private cloud)

• 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

• 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

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidates offer letter.

Capital One offers a comprehensive competitive and inclusive set of health financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status exempt or non-exempt status and management level.

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