Senior Applied AI Researcher — Foundation Models

Capital One; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an Applied Researcher 5 in San Jose, CA to advance AI and ML capabilities across banking products. You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to design, train, and deploy foundation models that powers real-time customer experiences.

You will work with PyTorch, AWS, HuggingFace and Lightning, pushing the boundaries of model training, evaluation, and deployment, and translating research breakthroughs into scalable solutions that

Qualifications

• PhD or MS with strong research background in AI/ML.
• Experience in building foundation AI models and training at scale.
• Strong collaboration with data scientists, software engineers and product managers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products for customers.
• Develop and train foundation models from design to deployment.
• Translate research insights into production-ready solutions.
• Lead research threads bridging prototype and ML engineering work.
• Communicate complex ideas to business stakeholders.

Skills

Open-source AI/ML

Model training at scale

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

PhD or MS in Electrical/Computer Science/AI/Math

Tools

PyTorch

AWS

HuggingFace

Lightning

Job description

Capital One is seeking an Applied Researcher 5 in San Jose, CA to advance AI and ML capabilities across banking products. You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to design, train, and deploy foundation models that powers real-time customer experiences.

You will work with PyTorch, AWS, HuggingFace and Lightning, pushing the boundaries of model training, evaluation, and deployment, and translating research breakthroughs into scalable solutions that