Senior AI Foundations Researcher

Capital One Group; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 382,000 - 436,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Staff Applied Researcher to lead and mentor a team of researchers, driving the strategy for AI foundation models and scalable AI infrastructure.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and science teams to push the boundaries of ML at scale and translate research into customer-ready solutions. You will shape the research agenda, publish impactful work, and represent Capital One in the research community, while delivering high-value AI features for banking

Qualifications

• PhD or MS with extensive applied research experience.
• Experience leading AI foundation model development.
• Strong publication or project record in ML research.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional team to deliver AI-powered products for customers.
• Build AI foundation models from design to training and deployment.
• Conduct high-impact applied research to advance AI for customer experiences.
• Translate complex research into tangible business goals.
• Define and evolve long-term research agenda and investments.

Skills

AI foundation models

Open-source tooling

Cloud computing

Production systems

Research leadership

Collaboration

Scaling ML models

Model deployment

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, AI, Mathematics, or related fields

MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, AI, Mathematics, or related fields

Tools

PyTorch

AWS Ultraclusters

HuggingFace

Lightning

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Staff Applied Researcher to lead and mentor a team of researchers, driving the strategy for AI foundation models and scalable AI infrastructure.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and science teams to push the boundaries of ML at scale and translate research into customer-ready solutions. You will shape the research agenda, publish impactful work, and represent Capital One in the research community, while delivering high-value AI features for banking