# Applied Researcher 4 (AI Foundations, VLM Customization)

**Company**: Capital One
**Location**: San Jose, CA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $218,700 - $249,600 per year
**Category**: Research
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking an Applied Researcher 4 to join our AI Foundations team at Capital One. As an Applied Researcher, you will partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products that change how customers interact with their money.

Responsibilities:

- Partner with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to develop AI-powered products

- Leverage technologies like Pytorch, AWS Ultraclusters, and Huggingface to analyze large datasets

- Build AI foundation models through design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation

- Engage in high-impact applied research to advance AI developments

- Translate complex work into tangible business goals

- Collaborate with senior researchers to prepare technical reports and conference submissions

The Ideal Candidate:

- Has a PhD or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, AI, Mathematics, or related fields

- Experience building large deep learning models and expertise in areas like training optimization and explainability

- Strong understanding of AI methodologies and experience with open-source tools and cloud computing platforms

- Ability to own and pursue a research agenda and autonomously carry out long-running projects

Benefits:

- Comprehensive and competitive health, financial, and other benefits

- Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level

Salary:

- Cambridge, MA: $218,700 - $249,600 per year

- McLean, VA: $218,700 - $249,600 per year

- New York, NY: $238,600 - $272,300 per year

- San Jose, CA: $238,600 - $272,300 per year

## Skills

### Required
- Pytorch
- AWS Ultraclusters
- Huggingface
- Lightning
- Python
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning

### Nice to have
- Natural Language Processing
- Computer Vision
- Reinforcement Learning
- Transfer Learning
- Model Adaptation

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