Sr. Staff Applied Researcher
Core
Sr. Staff Applied Researcher leading strategic AI research and foundation model development to transform customer banking experiences.
Role type
Sr. Staff Applied Researcher (IC leader)
Builds
AI foundation models, production AI systems, and scalable high-performance AI infrastructure
Domain
Banking / Applied AI / Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
AI foundation model development, deep learning (language, images, graphs), training optimization, self-supervised learning, robustness, explainability, RLHF, large-scale model training, engineering mindset, research agenda ownership
Preferred skills
LLM development, NLP research, graph neural networks, sequential models, model sparsification, quantization, training parallelism, supervised/instruction tuning, dataset curation, tokenization
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 evolve the company's long-term research agenda; mentor applied scientists and managers; represent Capital One in the research community
Seniority
Sr. Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
