Senior Director, AI Foundations & Applied Research

Capital One Group; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 382,000 - 436,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Senior Director, Applied Research to lead AI foundation model initiatives and coordinate cross-functional teams across data scientists, software engineers, machine learning engineers, and product managers. This role focuses on advancing scalable AI platforms and applying cutting-edge ML methods to improve customer experiences.

You will oversee end-to-end model development, evaluation, and deployment, leveraging PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, and other tools to drive

Qualifications

• PhD or MS in a related field with extensive applied research leadership experience.
• Experience building AI foundation models and large-scale training/inference.
• Experience delivering libraries or platform-level code for products.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered platforms.
• Build AI foundation models through all development phases.
• Lead high-impact applied research translating AI advances to customer experiences.
• Translate complex work into tangible business goals.

Skills

People leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

AI foundations

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, AI, Mathematics

Tools

Pytorch

AWS Ultraclusters

Huggingface

Lightning

VectorDBs

Job description

Capital One seeks a Senior Director, Applied Research to lead AI foundation model initiatives and coordinate cross-functional teams across data scientists, software engineers, machine learning engineers, and product managers. This role focuses on advancing scalable AI platforms and applying cutting-edge ML methods to improve customer experiences.

You will oversee end-to-end model development, evaluation, and deployment, leveraging PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, and other tools to drive