Senior Distinguished Engineer, AI Compute (Remote ...

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. Team Description The Capital One machine learning platform organization manages our cloud"‘based enterprise AI+ML system delivering the high"‘scale developer and runtime environments required to build, orchestrate, and deploy compute and data intensive AI systems across real"‘time and batch workloads. We are seeking a Senior Distinguished Engineer, a hands"‘on technical leader passionate about distributed systems, to engineer and scale foundational compute capabilities for our platform. In this role, you will Architect and build control and data plane implementations required to realize a highly available, multi"‘tenant, large scale, and secure machine learning platform. Develop Ray and Spark distributed compute engine solutions to accelerate diverse workloads from LLM pre"‘training and reinforcement learning to large"‘scale data processing, while maximizing compute unit economics. Engineer systemic improvements for operational excellence, including automating KTLO (Keep The Lights On) workflows. Direct the technical execution of a diverse project portfolio, collaborating with developers specializing in everything ranging from distributed microservices to running large foundation models. Work cross"‘functionally with product and program management disciplines, and stakeholder and partners across Capital One to help optimize business outcomes while driving towards strong technology solutions. Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, and leading system design and code review sessions. Help elevate the Capital One Distinguished Engineering community and establish yourself as a go"‘to resource on given technologies and technology"‘enabled capabilities. Lead the way in creating next"‘generation talent, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting external talent to bolster the Capital One tech talent pool. Basic Qualifications At least 7 years of experience with application architecture and design patterns. At least 5 years of experience with distributed databases, microservice architectures, and high availability systems. Preferred Qualifications Degree in Computer Science or a Master's Degree in Software Engineering. Hands"‘on experience in the internals of Ray (Actors/GCS/Scheduling) or Spark (Query Optimizer/Memory Management). Experience building platforms that support LLM training, fine"‘tuning, or high"‘throughput inference. Hands"‘on experience with AWS"‘specific compute primitives (EKS, EC2 UltraClusters, Graviton) and cost"‘optimization strategies. Compensation and Benefits Cambridge, MA: $314,800 - $359,300 for Sr. Distinguished AI Engineer. McLean, VA: $314,800 - $359,300 for Sr. Distinguished AI Engineer. New York, NY: $343,400 - $392,000 for Sr. Distinguished AI Engineer. San Francisco, CA: $343,400 - $392,000 for Sr. Distinguished AI Engineer. San Jose, CA: $343,400 - $392,000 for Sr. Distinguished AI Engineer. Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well"‘being. Eligibility varies based on full or part"‘time status, exempt or non"‘exempt status, and management level. Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position. Equal Opportunity No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non"‘discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug"‘free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23"‘A of the New York Correction Law; San"¯Francisco, California Police Code Article"¯49, Sections"¯4901"‘4920; New"¯York City's Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2026-04-30