Senior Applied AI Scientist, Foundations

Capital One

San Jose (CA)

On-site

USD 382,000 - 436,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Job summary

Capital One is seeking an experienced Senior Distinguished Applied Researcher to lead strategic AI initiatives within the AI Foundations team. You will collaborate with science, engineering, and product leaders to build production-grade AI foundation models and drive research into real-world banking applications.

You will advance state-of-the-art machine learning, guide teams without direct people management, and represent Capital One in the research community by partnering with academia and

Qualifications

  • PhD or MS with substantial applied research experience as stated in the job posting.
  • Experience with large language models and NLP-related research.
  • Proven ability to deliver research at scale and contribute to production-ready systems.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with a cross-functional team to deliver AI-powered platforms.
  • Build AI foundation models through all development phases.
  • Engage in high-impact applied research and push AI into customer experiences.
  • Leverage a broad tech stack to derive insights from large data volumes.
  • Translate complex work into tangible business goals.

Skills

Interdisciplinary leadership
Open-source development
AI foundation models
Training optimization
Large-scale models

Education

PhD in Electrical / Computer Engineering / Computer Science / AI / Mathematics
MS in Electrical / Computer Engineering / Computer Science / AI / Mathematics

Tools

PyTorch
AWS Ultraclusters
Huggingface
Lightning
VectorDBs

Job description

Capital One is seeking an experienced Senior Distinguished Applied Researcher to lead strategic AI initiatives within the AI Foundations team. You will collaborate with science, engineering, and product leaders to build production-grade AI foundation models and drive research into real-world banking applications.

You will advance state-of-the-art machine learning, guide teams without direct people management, and represent Capital One in the research community by partnering with academia and

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