Staff Applied Researcher
Core
Drive strategic direction for AI foundation models and applied research, translating state-of-the-art AI developments into scalable, deployable capabilities for banking products.
Role type
Staff Applied Researcher (Individual Contributor, Strategic Leadership)
Builds
AI foundation models, production systems, and novel research directions for customer-facing banking applications.
Domain
Financial Services / Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models (via careerplan.io/jobs/R1002787-1-staff-applied-researcher-at-capitalone)
Required skills
AI foundation model development, deep learning (language, images, graphs), training optimization, self-supervised learning, robustness, explainability, RLHF, large-scale model training, cloud computing platforms, open-source tools
Preferred skills
LLM development, NLP research, graph neural networks, sequential models, model compression, quantization, instruction-tuning, dataset curation, multi-year research program leadership
Technologies
PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, Lightning, DeepSpeed, Nemo, PyTorch-Geometric, DGL
Responsibilities
Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products; build AI foundation models through design, training, evaluation, and implementation; engage in high-impact applied research; define and steward novel research directions; mentor applied scientists and managers; represent Capital One in the research community.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
