CareerPlan

Applied Researcher 4 (AI Foundations: Multimodal Guardrails and VLM's)

Cambridge, MA, USFull-time$219k–$272k2026-10-08 → 2026-11-11
Based in United StatesVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Building AI foundation models (Multimodal Guardrails and VLMs) to create trustworthy, real-time AI systems for banking customer experiences.

Role type

Senior Applied Researcher (AI Foundations)

Builds

Production AI foundation models and scalable AI infrastructure for banking products.

Domain

Financial Services / AI / Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Deep learning model development, training optimization, self-supervised learning, robustness, explainability, RLHF, open-source frameworks, cloud computing platforms, large-scale model training, library/platform code development, research agenda ownership

Preferred skills

LLM pre-training, model compression, supervised/instruction tuning, deep learning theory publications, compiler design, training parallelism design

Technologies

PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, Lightning

Responsibilities

Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products, build AI foundation models through design to implementation, engage in high-impact applied research, translate technical complexity into business goals, collaborate on tech reports or conference submissions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with research leadership