Applied AI Researcher, Foundations & LLMs

Capital One; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an Applied Researcher 4 to advance AI foundations and large language models. You will lead cross-functional work with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to translate research into scalable customer experiences.

Responsibilities include building foundation models, evaluating novel AI methods, and communicating results to stakeholders while driving responsible AI practices and collaboration with academia.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, AI, Mathematics, or related field, or MS with 2 years of applied research experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products.
• Build AI foundation models from design through training.
• Translate research into tangible business outcomes.
• Publish internal reports or conference submissions.
• Work with large datasets and model evaluation.
• Communicate complex findings to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

LLM

NLP research

Cloud computing

Open-source tools

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering/CS/AI

MS + 2 years Applied Research

Tools

PyTorch

Hugging Face

AWS

Lightning

Job description

Capital One is seeking an Applied Researcher 4 to advance AI foundations and large language models. You will lead cross-functional work with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to translate research into scalable customer experiences.

Responsibilities include building foundation models, evaluating novel AI methods, and communicating results to stakeholders while driving responsible AI practices and collaboration with academia.