Senior AI Foundations Researcher — LLM & Agentic AI

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 219,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an Applied Researcher 4 to advance AI foundations, LLM core and agentic AI capabilities. You will partner with data scientists, engineers and product managers to deliver AI-powered experiences that transform customer interactions and banking processes.

The role emphasizes building foundation models, evaluating state-of-the-art methods, and translating research into real-world solutions with strong collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, AI, Mathematics or related fields (or MS plus 2 years applied research experience)
• Experience with open-source AI tooling and cloud platforms
• Experience building AI foundation models and large language models

Responsibilities

• Partner with data scientists, engineers and product managers to deliver AI-powered products
• Leverage a broad stack of technologies to render insights from large data
• Develop AI foundation models from design to training and evaluation
• Translate complex research into business outcomes
• Collaborate with senior researchers on reports and conference submissions

Skills

PyTorch

AWS Ultraclusters

Huggingface

Lightning

Education

PhD in CS/EE/AI

Tools

Python

Job description

Capital One is seeking an Applied Researcher 4 to advance AI foundations, LLM core and agentic AI capabilities. You will partner with data scientists, engineers and product managers to deliver AI-powered experiences that transform customer interactions and banking processes.

The role emphasizes building foundation models, evaluating state-of-the-art methods, and translating research into real-world solutions with strong collaboration across teams.