Senior AI Researcher — Foundation Models

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an Applied Researcher 4 in Cambridge, MA, to drive AI-powered financial products. You will work with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to implement scalable AI solutions across training, evaluation, and deployment stages.

Ideal candidates have deep ML expertise, a track record of publishing or leading projects, and the ability to translate complex research into business outcomes within a large, cloud-enabled environment.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, AI, Mathematics, or related fields, or MS with 2 years Applied Research experience (start date condition).

Responsibilities

• Partner with data scientists, software engineers, ML engineers, and PMs to deliver AI-powered products.
• Leverage PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, HuggingFace, Lightning to analyze large data.
• Build AI foundation models from design to training and evaluation.
• Translate research into business impact with clear goals.
• Collaborate with senior researchers on reports and conference submissions.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

AI foundations

Open-source tooling

Cloud computing

Research communication

Education

PhD in CS/EE/AI

Tools

Pytorch

AWS Ultraclusters

Huggingface

Lightning

Job description

Capital One is seeking an Applied Researcher 4 in Cambridge, MA, to drive AI-powered financial products. You will work with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to implement scalable AI solutions across training, evaluation, and deployment stages.

Ideal candidates have deep ML expertise, a track record of publishing or leading projects, and the ability to translate complex research into business outcomes within a large, cloud-enabled environment.