Director, AI Engineering
In this role, you will: - Be responsible for defining the strategic vision, overseeing the development, and managing the growth of an organization's autonomous AI systems and platforms. This position requires a combination of strategic thinking, technical expertise in AI/ML, and strong leadership to align the platform with business goals, build and manage teams, and drive innovation.
- Provide technical leadership for the design, development, testing and deployment of agentic workflows across Capital One
- Develop and execute the strategic vision and roadmap for the agentic AI platform, ensuring it aligns with organizational priorities.
- Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of the platform, from development and integration of AI solutions to sunsetting legacy offerings.
- Guide technical teams, set best practices for AI orchestration, MLOps, and application development, and ensure platform scalability and reliability.
- Work with senior leaders, product management, sales, and other engineering teams to align the platform's capabilities with business goals.
- Act as a champion for the platform, articulating its strategic value to senior stakeholders and influencing enterprise decision-making.
- Foster a culture of innovation and drive the adoption of AI-powered tools across the organization.
- Ensure the platform is developed and deployed in compliance with industry regulations and ethical AI best practice
- Set a strategic roadmap, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring the platform's compliance with ethical and regulatory standards.
- 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.
- Advise on the selection of technologies, programming languages, AI/ML models, orchestration engines, and deployment platforms.
- Make high judgment build-vs-buy decisions across a broad stack of Open Source and SaaS AI technologies.
- 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:- Bachelor'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, or a Master'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
- At least 3 years of people leadership experience
Preferred Qualifications:- 5 years of experience managing and leading an engineering team
- 7 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.
San Francisco, CA: $293,600 - $335,100 for Director, AI Engineering
San Jose, CA: $293,600 - $335,100 for Director, AI Engineering
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 candidate's offer letter.
This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.
Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.
This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.
No agencies please.
