Capital One
Sr. Staff AI Engineer (Remote Eligible)
$286K–$392K
San Francisco, CA +5 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
US Remote
McLean, VA
Cambridge, MA
San Jose, CA
New York, NY - Experience
- At least 10 years developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies with a bachelor's degree, or at least 8 years with a master's degree; at least 10 years programming.
- Education
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
About the job
Leads the design, development, and deployment of scalable foundational AI systems and AI-powered products, shaping technical architecture and company-wide standards.
What you'll do
- Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products and build, deploy, and support AI components and platforms.
- Develop optimization techniques for production foundation models and large-scale AI systems, improving scalability, cost, latency, and throughput.
- Set technical vision, architecture, and AI performance, safety, and transparency standards; lead platform initiatives and mentor technical leaders.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field plus at least 10 years of experience developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies; or a master's degree in those fields plus at least 8 years of that experience.
- At least 10 years of programming experience with Python, Go, Scala, CUDA, or Java.
Nice to have
- Experience architecting AI platforms and complex AI systems, including tradeoffs among cost, latency, throughput, and accuracy.
- Experience deploying scalable and responsible AI solutions on cloud platforms; experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.
Pay
$286,200 - $326,700 USD base salary (Remote); $314,800 - $359,300 USD base salary (Cambridge, MA); $314,800 - $359,300 USD base salary (McLean, VA); $343,400 - $392,000 USD base salary (New York, NY); $343,400 - $392,000 USD base salary (San Francisco, CA); $343,400 - $392,000 USD base salary (San Jose, CA)
Tools
Python, Go, Scala, CUDA, Java, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, PyTorch
AI focus
Builds and operates foundation models, LLM inference, agents and multi-agent workflows, similarity search, guardrails, model evaluation, and responsible AI platforms; optimizes training and inference and establishes AI safety, transparency, governance, and observability practices.
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