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Applied Researcher 5

McLean, VA, US💼 Full-time💰 $262,500–$262,500🗓 2026-09-18 → 2026-09-25

Core

Building AI foundation models and conducting high-impact applied research to translate state-of-the-art AI developments into production systems for banking customer experiences.

Role type

Senior Applied Researcher (AI/ML)

Builds

AI foundation models, production ML systems, and scalable AI infrastructure for banking products.

Domain

Financial Services / Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Deep learning model development, training optimization, self-supervised learning, robustness, explainability, RLHF, open-source tooling, cloud computing platforms, research agenda ownership, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

LLM development, NLP research, large language model pre-training, model sparsification, quantization, training parallelism, gradient checkpointing, model compression, compiler design, supervised/instruction tuning, transfer learning, model adaptation

Technologies

PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, HuggingFace, Lightning

Responsibilities

Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products, build AI foundation models through all development phases, engage in high-impact applied research, lead research threads bridging prototype and deployment, translate scientific insights to production impact

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with research leadership

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