Applied AI Researcher II: Foundations, LLMs & Agentic AI

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 263,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an Applied Researcher II to lead foundational AI model work and collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product teams to deliver AI-powered banking experiences. You will contribute to training, evaluation, and deployment of models at scale, drawing on open‑source tooling and cloud platforms.

The role emphasizes research leadership, publication potential, and translating technical advances into practical customer solutions, with a focus on responsible AI and

Qualifications

• PhD or MS with strong applied research track record in AI/ML.
• Experience designing and training large AI models with scalable infrastructure.
• Publications or verifiable contributions to ML research required or highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross‑functional teams to deliver AI products for customers.
• Leverage a broad tech stack to extract insights from large data.
• Build AI foundation models from design through evaluation and deployment.
• Conduct applied research to translate cutting‑edge AI advances into customer experiences.
• Translate complex work into clear business goals.

Skills

PhD background

Open‑source tooling

Research leadership

ML foundations

Education

PhD in CS/EE/ML

MS in CS/EE/ML

Tools

Pytorch

Huggingface

AWS

Lightning

VectorDBs

Job description

Capital One is seeking an Applied Researcher II to lead foundational AI model work and collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product teams to deliver AI-powered banking experiences. You will contribute to training, evaluation, and deployment of models at scale, drawing on open‑source tooling and cloud platforms.

The role emphasizes research leadership, publication potential, and translating technical advances into practical customer solutions, with a focus on responsible AI and