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Staff Applied Researcher at Capital One · McLean, Virginia, USA; San Jose, California, USA; New York, New York, USA; Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; San Francisco, California, USA · Joined
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Staff Applied Researcher

Capital One · McLean, Virginia, USA; San Jose, California, USA; New York, New York, USA; Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; San Francisco, California, USA · Yesterday · 0 applicants
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Pay
$306k–$381kListed
Workplace
Remote
Job type
Full-time
Level
Lead
Team: AI Foundations · Source: builtin · Posted by joined-scrapper

About the role

Capital One's AI Foundations team seeks a Staff Applied Researcher to build trustworthy AI foundation models and drive strategic research directions. This individual contributor leader will mentor scientists, collaborate with product and engineering leaders, and push state-of-the-art AI into customer experiences.

What you’ll do

  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products
  • Leverage PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, Lightning, and more to analyze large datasets
  • Build AI foundation models from design through implementation
  • Engage in high-impact applied research to advance customer experiences
  • Translate complex work into tangible business goals
  • Define and steward novel research directions for the long-term scientific agenda

What you’ll need

  • PhD in EE, CompE, CS, AI, Math, or related field plus 4 years applied research, or MS plus 6 years
  • Experience building large deep learning models on language, images, events, or graphs
  • Expertise in training optimization, self-supervised learning, robustness, explainability, or RLHF
  • Track record of delivering models at scale in training data and inference volumes
  • Publications at top venues such as ACL, NeurIPS, ICML, or ICLR
  • Ability to own and pursue a research agenda autonomously

Benefits

401(K) matchingHealth, dental, and vision insuranceGenerous parental leaveEmployee stock purchase planHome-office stipend for remote employeesRelocation assistance

Original job description

Staff Applied Researcher (Remote Eligible)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. From informing customers about unusual charges to answering their questions…

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