Applied Researcher 4 (AI Foundations, VLM)
Core
Building AI foundation models and conducting high-impact applied research to integrate state-of-the-art AI capabilities into banking products and customer experiences.
Role type
Senior Applied Researcher (AI Foundations / VLM)
Builds
Production AI systems, foundation models, and scalable AI infrastructure for banking applications.
Domain
Financial Services / Artificial Intelligence / Large Language Models
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Deep learning model development, training optimization, self-supervised learning, robustness, explainability, RLHF, open-source frameworks, cloud computing platforms, research agenda ownership, technical report writing
Preferred skills
LLM pre-training, model compression, training parallelism, compiler design, instruction-tuning, transfer learning, dataset curation, open-source library contributions
Technologies
PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, HuggingFace, Lightning
Responsibilities
Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products, build AI foundation models through full development lifecycle, engage in applied research to push AI developments into customer experiences, collaborate on internal tech reports or conference submissions
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with research leadership