Applied Researcher I

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver AI-powered products.
• Build AI foundation models through all development phases, including design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
• Leverage a broad technology stack including PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, Lightning, and VectorDBs.
• Engage in high-impact applied research to translate the latest AI developments into next-generation customer experiences.
• Translate complex technical research into tangible business goals and actionable insights.

Requirements

• PhD in Computer Science, AI, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or an M.S. with 2+ years of relevant applied research experience).
• Hands-on experience developing AI foundation models and solutions using open-source tools.
• Experience building large deep learning models (language, images, events, or graphs).
• Proficiency in open-source programming languages.
• Experience with cloud computing platforms.
• Strong understanding of AI methodologies such as training optimization, self-supervised learning, robustness, explainability, or RLHF.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and NLP research.
• Expertise in geometric deep learning, including Graph Neural Networks or Sequential Models.
• Specialized knowledge in optimization techniques like model sparsification, quantization, or training parallelism.
• Experience with fine-tuning techniques such as Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT) or Instruction-Tuning.
• A track record of high-quality research, such as first-author publications in venues like NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or ACL.

About the Company

Capital One is a leading financial institution committed to using machine learning to create real-time, intelligent, and automated customer experiences. Our AI Foundations team works at the intersection of academia and production, building scalable, high-performance AI infrastructure to reimagine the future of banking.