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Capital One Senior Manager AI Engineering People Leader 
United States, New York, New York 
231635192

20.11.2024
130 5th Ave (22130), United States of America, New York, New York Senior Manager, AI Engineering (People Leader)


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, Engineering, or AI plus at least 6 years of experience developing or leading AI and ML algorithms or technologies, or Master's degree plus at least 4 years of experience developing or leading AI and ML algorithms or technologies

  • At least 1 year of people leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 3 years of experience managing and leading an engineering team

  • 6 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)

  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant technical field

  • 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

New York City (Hybrid On-Site): $234,700 - $267,900 for Sr. Mgr, AI Engineering San Francisco and San Jose, California (Hybrid On-Site): $248,700 - $283,800 for Sr. Mgr, AI EngineeringThis 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.

. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

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