Applied Researcher II (AI Foundations)
Capital One
New York, New York, U.S.
Full-time, Part-time
Posted Nov 04, 2025
Onsite
Compensation
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About the role
At Capital One, we are creating trustworthy and reliable AI systems, changing banking for good. For years, Capital One has been leading the industry in using machine learning to create real-time, intelligent, automated customer experiences.
Responsibilities
- Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, machine learning engineers and product managers to deliver AI-powered products that change how customers interact with their money.
- Leverage a broad stack of technologies — Pytorch, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, Lightning, VectorDBs, and more — to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data.
- Build AI foundation models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
- Engage in high impact applied research to take the latest AI developments and push them into the next generation of customer experiences.
Requirements
- PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, AI, Mathematics, or related fields
- LLM
- Experience building large deep learning models, whether on language, images, events, or graphs, as well as expertise in one or more of the following: training optimization, self-supervised learning, robustness, explainability, RLHF.
Benefits
- 401k matching
- Health insurance
- Flight privileges
- Long-term incentives (LTI)
About the Company
Capital One is a federally registered service mark. All rights reserved. Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities.
Job Details
Salary Range
$257,300 - $293,700/yearly
Location
New York, New York, U.S.
Employment Type
Full-time, Part-time
Original Posting
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