CareerPlan

Applied Researcher 5

McLean, VA, USFull-time$263k–$327k2026-10-27 → 2026-11-10
Visa sponsorship offered

Core

Building AI foundation models and high-impact applied research to transform customer experiences in banking.

Role type

Senior Applied Researcher (AI/ML)

Builds

AI foundation models, production ML systems, and scalable AI infrastructure for banking products.

Domain

Financial Services / Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Deep learning model development, training optimization, self-supervised learning, explainability, RLHF, large-scale model training, open-source tooling, cloud computing, research agenda ownership, cross-functional leadership

Preferred skills

Graph Neural Networks, sequential models, model sparsification, quantization, training parallelism, supervised/instruction finetuning, dataset curation, large-scale recommender systems, production real-time streaming environments

Technologies

PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, HuggingFace, Lightning, PyTorch-Geometric, DGL

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, lead research threads bridging prototype and deployment, translate scientific insights to production impact

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with research leadership