Applied AI Researcher, Foundations Team

Capital One; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 219,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a driven Applied Researcher to advance AI foundations and scale ML solutions. You will partner with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to design, train, and evaluate state-of-the-art models that improve customer experiences and banking operations.

You will contribute to research publications or conference submissions while translating complex results into concrete business outcomes and collaborating with senior researchers to push the field forward.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, AI, Mathematics, or related fields, or MS with 2+ years Applied Research experience.
• Experience building large language models or similar foundation models.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products.
• Build AI foundation models from design to training and evaluation.
• Translate complex research into tangible business goals.
• Collaborate with senior researchers on reports or conference submissions.

Skills

Research mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Leadership

Education

PhD in CS/AI or related field

Tools

PyTorch

AWS Ultraclusters

HuggingFace

Lightning

Job description

Capital One is seeking a driven Applied Researcher to advance AI foundations and scale ML solutions. You will partner with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to design, train, and evaluate state-of-the-art models that improve customer experiences and banking operations.

You will contribute to research publications or conference submissions while translating complex results into concrete business outcomes and collaborating with senior researchers to push the field forward.