Sr. Director, Applied Researcher
Core
Lead a team of applied scientists to drive strategic AI research, build production-grade foundation models, and translate cutting-edge research into scalable banking products.
Role type
Senior IC/People Leader, Applied Research Director
Builds
AI foundation models, production ML systems, and scalable AI infrastructure for banking
Domain
Financial Services / Applied AI / Large Language Models
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
People leadership, strategic research vision, deep learning model development, LLM training and optimization, cross-functional collaboration, technical roadmap planning
Preferred skills
LLM pre-training, graph neural networks, training optimization frameworks, data curation, model deployment at scale
Technologies
PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, HuggingFace, Lightning, DeepSpeed, Nemo, GPU clusters
Responsibilities
Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products, set strategic research vision and roadmap, mentor applied scientists, engage with external research community, build and apply AI foundation models, translate research complexity into business goals
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people leadership
