Sr Staff Applied Researcher
Core
Sr Staff Applied Researcher leading strategic AI research agenda and building production foundation models for banking customer experiences.
Role type
Sr Staff Applied Researcher (IC leader)
Builds
AI foundation models, production systems, and scalable AI infrastructure for banking products
Domain
Financial Services / AI & Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
AI foundation model development, deep learning (language, images, graphs, sequences), training optimization, self-supervised learning, robustness, explainability, RLHF, large-scale model deployment, open-source framework expertise
Preferred skills
Geometric deep learning (GNNs, sequential models), graph model scaling (50m+ nodes), large-scale recommender systems, real-time streaming environments, open-source contributions (PyTorch-Geometric, DGL), high-impact publications (KDD, ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR)
Technologies
PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, HuggingFace, Lightning
Responsibilities
Define and evolve long-term research agenda, partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI products, build AI foundation models through full lifecycle, engage in high-impact applied research, mentor applied scientists without direct people management, represent Capital One in external research community
Seniority
Sr Staff, strategic IC leader with mentorship responsibilities