# Sr Director, AI Engineering at Capital One in Mc Lean,… > Sr Director, AI Engineering at Capital One in Mc Lean, Virginia, United States. Category: Engineering Jobs. View full job details and apply now on… Sr Director, AI Engineering # Sr Director, AI Engineering Capital One ## Job Description Overview: Team Description: 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: - Bachelor's 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 Master'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 - 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 ## Related Jobs Product Risk Management Engineer W. L. Gore & Associates Engineer Vehicle Regulatory Compliance Engineer G-TECH Services, Inc. Engineer Director Of Manufacturing Actalent Director Automation Solutions Engineer - Process Automation Thorp Controls Automation Solutions Engineer Associate Mechanical Engineering Lead Elite Talent Connect Lead Regional Mechanical Project Engineer Austin Allen Company, LLC 4419 Engineer Senior Architectural and Engineering Lead, Senior Vice President Citigroup Inc. Senior Lead Senior Architectural and Engineering Lead, Senior Vice President Citi Senior Lead ## Related Searches