Applied Researcher 4 (AI Foundations, LLM Customization and Finetuning)
Core
Building AI foundation models and customizing Large Language Models (LLMs) for banking applications, from design and training to production implementation.
Role type
Senior Applied Researcher (AI Foundations & LLM)
Builds
Production AI systems and foundation models for customer-facing banking products
Domain
Financial Services / Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Deep learning model development, LLM pre-training, supervised/instruction tuning, transfer learning, experimental design, open-source framework usage, cloud computing, data curation
Preferred skills
NLP research, RLHF, model robustness/explainability, large-scale model training (10B+ params), publications at top AI conferences
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; conduct high-impact applied research; translate technical complexity into business goals; prepare technical reports or conference submissions
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with research leadership
