AI Foundations Researcher: Evaluation & Agentic Workflows

Capital One Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits and incentives

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an Applied Researcher 5 to advance AI foundations, evaluation, and agentic workflows. You will partner with cross-functional teams to build production-ready AI systems, leveraging PyTorch, HuggingFace, and AWS in a hybrid setup.

You will lead research threads, scale large models, and translate insights into customer-facing experiences while aligning with Capital One’s focus on trustworthy AI. The position offers a competitive salary and strong benefits.

Qualifications

• PhD in CS/EE/AI or MS with 4+ years of applied research.
• Strong fundamentals in ML/deep learning and model development.
• Experience scaling and deploying large DL models and research libraries.
• Contributions to open-source ML tooling or publications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, ML engineers, and PMs to deliver AI-powered products.
• Utilize PyTorch, HuggingFace, Lightning, and AWS to derive insights from large data.
• Develop AI foundation models from design through training, evaluation, and deployment.
• Translate research outcomes into production-ready capabilities and business impact.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

AI/ML research

PyTorch

Cloud computing

Open-source tooling

Model deployment

Education

PhD in CS/EE/AI

MS + 4 years applied research

Tools

HuggingFace

Lightning

AWS Ultraclusters

PyTorch

Job description

Capital One is seeking an Applied Researcher 5 to advance AI foundations, evaluation, and agentic workflows. You will partner with cross-functional teams to build production-ready AI systems, leveraging PyTorch, HuggingFace, and AWS in a hybrid setup.

You will lead research threads, scale large models, and translate insights into customer-facing experiences while aligning with Capital One’s focus on trustworthy AI. The position offers a competitive salary and strong benefits.