CareerPlan

Applied Researcher 4 (AI Safety & Multimodal)

New York, NY, USFull-time$219k–$272k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-11
Based in United StatesVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Building AI foundation models and safety guardrails for multimodal systems (VLMs, MLLMs, MM-RAG) to enhance customer experiences in banking.

Role type

Senior Applied Researcher (AI Safety & Multimodal)

Builds

AI foundation models, safety guardrails, and production-ready multimodal AI systems.

Domain

Financial Services / AI Safety / Multimodal Deep Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Deep learning model development, AI safety & red teaming, multimodal system design, training optimization, self-supervised learning, explainability, RLHF, large-scale model deployment, open-source framework expertise

Preferred skills

LLM pre-training, model compression, instruction tuning, deep learning theory publications, compiler design, controlled experiment design

Technologies

PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, HuggingFace, Lightning

Responsibilities

Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products; build AI foundation models through design, training, and evaluation; engage in high-impact applied research; develop safety guardrails for multimodal systems; translate technical complexity into business goals; collaborate on research publications.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with research leadership