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Lead Machine Learning Engineer (Gen AI, Python, Go, AWS)

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Lead Machine Learning Engineer (Gen AI, Python, Go, AWS)

full-timePosted: Jan 14, 2026

Job Description

Overview

As a Capital One Machine Learning Engineer (MLE) on the GenAI Workflows Serving team, you'll be part of an Agile team dedicated to designing, building, and productionizing Generative AI applications and Agentic Workflow systems at massive scale. You’ll participate in the detailed technical design, development, and implementation of complex machine learning applications leveraging cloud-native platforms. You’ll focus on building robust ML serving architecture, developing high-performance application code, and ensuring the high availability, security, and low latency of our Generative AI solutions. You will collaborate closely with multiple other AI/ML teams to drive innovation and continuously apply the latest innovations and best practices in machine learning engineering.What you’ll do in the roleThe MLE role overlaps with many disciplines, such as Ops, Modeling, and Data Engineering. In this role, you'll be expected to perform many ML engineering activities, including one or more of the following:
  • Design, build, and deliver GenAI models and componentsthat solve complex business problems, while working in collaboration with the Product and Data Science teams.

  • Design and implement cloud-native ML Serving Platforms leveraging technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, KNative, and KServe to ensure optimized and scalable deployment of models.

  • Solve complex scaling and high-availability problems by writing and testing performant application code in Python and Go-lang, developing and validating ML models, and automating tests and deployment.

  • Implement advanced MLOps and GitOps practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) using tools like ArgoCD to manage the entire lifecycle of models and applications.

  • Leverage service mesh architectures like Istio to manage traffic, enhance security, and ensure resilience for high-volume serving endpoints.

  • Retrain, maintain, and monitor models in production.

  • Construct optimized, scalable data pipelines to feed ML models.

  • Ensure all code is well-managed to reduce vulnerabilities, models are well-governed from a risk perspective, and the ML follows best practices in Responsible and Explainable AI.

  • Use programming languages like Python, Go, Scala or Java

  • Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree 

  • At least 6 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing (Internship experience does not apply)

  • At least 4 years of experience programming with Python, Scala, Go or Java

  • At least 2 years of experience building, scaling, and optimizing ML systems

  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's or Doctoral Degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a similar field

  • 3+ years of experience building production-ready data pipelines that feed ML models 

  • 3+ years of on-the-job experience with an industry recognized ML framework such as scikit-learn, PyTorch, Dask, Spark, or TensorFlow 

  • 2+ years of experience developing performant, resilient, and maintainable code

  • 2+ years of experience with data gathering and preparation for ML models

  • 2+ years of people leader experience

  • 1+ years of experience leading teams developing ML solutions using industry best practices, patterns, and automation 

  • Experience developing and deploying ML solutions in a public cloud such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform

  • Experience designing, implementing, and scaling complex data pipelines for ML models and evaluating their performance 

  • ML industry impact through conference presentations, papers, blog posts, open source contributions, or patents 

  • At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).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.









    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.Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.comCapital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

    Locations

    • New York, New York, United States
    • McLean, Virginia, United States
    • San Francisco, California, United States
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts New York, New YorkMcLean

    Salary

    Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence

    80,000 - 135,000 USD / yearly

    * This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.

    Skills Required

    • Generative AIintermediate
    • ML Serving Platformsintermediate
    • Dockerintermediate
    • Kubernetesintermediate
    • KNativeintermediate
    • KServeintermediate
    • Pythonintermediate
    • Go-langintermediate
    • MLOpsintermediate
    • GitOpsintermediate
    • ArgoCDintermediate
    • Istiointermediate

    Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s Degree (experience)
    • At least 6 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing (experience)
    • At least 4 years of experience programming with Python, Scala, Go or Java (experience)
    • At least 2 years of experience building, scaling, and optimizing ML systems (experience)
    • Master's or Doctoral Degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a similar field (preferred) (experience)

    Responsibilities

    • Design, build, and deliver GenAI models and components
    • Design and implement cloud-native ML Serving Platforms
    • Solve complex scaling and high-availability problems
    • Implement advanced MLOps and GitOps practices
    • Leverage service mesh architectures like Istio
    • Retrain, maintain, and monitor models in production
    • Construct optimized, scalable data pipelines

    Benefits

    • general: Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits

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    Lead Machine Learning Engineer (Gen AI, Python, Go, AWS)

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    Lead Machine Learning Engineer (Gen AI, Python, Go, AWS)

    full-timePosted: Jan 14, 2026

    Job Description

    Overview

    As a Capital One Machine Learning Engineer (MLE) on the GenAI Workflows Serving team, you'll be part of an Agile team dedicated to designing, building, and productionizing Generative AI applications and Agentic Workflow systems at massive scale. You’ll participate in the detailed technical design, development, and implementation of complex machine learning applications leveraging cloud-native platforms. You’ll focus on building robust ML serving architecture, developing high-performance application code, and ensuring the high availability, security, and low latency of our Generative AI solutions. You will collaborate closely with multiple other AI/ML teams to drive innovation and continuously apply the latest innovations and best practices in machine learning engineering.What you’ll do in the roleThe MLE role overlaps with many disciplines, such as Ops, Modeling, and Data Engineering. In this role, you'll be expected to perform many ML engineering activities, including one or more of the following:
  • Design, build, and deliver GenAI models and componentsthat solve complex business problems, while working in collaboration with the Product and Data Science teams.

  • Design and implement cloud-native ML Serving Platforms leveraging technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, KNative, and KServe to ensure optimized and scalable deployment of models.

  • Solve complex scaling and high-availability problems by writing and testing performant application code in Python and Go-lang, developing and validating ML models, and automating tests and deployment.

  • Implement advanced MLOps and GitOps practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) using tools like ArgoCD to manage the entire lifecycle of models and applications.

  • Leverage service mesh architectures like Istio to manage traffic, enhance security, and ensure resilience for high-volume serving endpoints.

  • Retrain, maintain, and monitor models in production.

  • Construct optimized, scalable data pipelines to feed ML models.

  • Ensure all code is well-managed to reduce vulnerabilities, models are well-governed from a risk perspective, and the ML follows best practices in Responsible and Explainable AI.

  • Use programming languages like Python, Go, Scala or Java

  • Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree 

  • At least 6 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing (Internship experience does not apply)

  • At least 4 years of experience programming with Python, Scala, Go or Java

  • At least 2 years of experience building, scaling, and optimizing ML systems

  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's or Doctoral Degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a similar field

  • 3+ years of experience building production-ready data pipelines that feed ML models 

  • 3+ years of on-the-job experience with an industry recognized ML framework such as scikit-learn, PyTorch, Dask, Spark, or TensorFlow 

  • 2+ years of experience developing performant, resilient, and maintainable code

  • 2+ years of experience with data gathering and preparation for ML models

  • 2+ years of people leader experience

  • 1+ years of experience leading teams developing ML solutions using industry best practices, patterns, and automation 

  • Experience developing and deploying ML solutions in a public cloud such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform

  • Experience designing, implementing, and scaling complex data pipelines for ML models and evaluating their performance 

  • ML industry impact through conference presentations, papers, blog posts, open source contributions, or patents 

  • At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).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.









    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.Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.comCapital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

    Locations

    • New York, New York, United States
    • McLean, Virginia, United States
    • San Francisco, California, United States
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts New York, New YorkMcLean

    Salary

    Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence

    80,000 - 135,000 USD / yearly

    * This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.

    Skills Required

    • Generative AIintermediate
    • ML Serving Platformsintermediate
    • Dockerintermediate
    • Kubernetesintermediate
    • KNativeintermediate
    • KServeintermediate
    • Pythonintermediate
    • Go-langintermediate
    • MLOpsintermediate
    • GitOpsintermediate
    • ArgoCDintermediate
    • Istiointermediate

    Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s Degree (experience)
    • At least 6 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing (experience)
    • At least 4 years of experience programming with Python, Scala, Go or Java (experience)
    • At least 2 years of experience building, scaling, and optimizing ML systems (experience)
    • Master's or Doctoral Degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a similar field (preferred) (experience)

    Responsibilities

    • Design, build, and deliver GenAI models and components
    • Design and implement cloud-native ML Serving Platforms
    • Solve complex scaling and high-availability problems
    • Implement advanced MLOps and GitOps practices
    • Leverage service mesh architectures like Istio
    • Retrain, maintain, and monitor models in production
    • Construct optimized, scalable data pipelines

    Benefits

    • general: Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits

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