Distinguished Applied Researcher

Capital One Financial

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Work type
On-site
Location
McLean, VA · San Francisco, CA · Cambridge, MA · New York, NY
Salary
$278,400–$317,700 / yr
Posted
96 days ago

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Above market

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This role $298k
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About Capital One Financial

Capital One Financial is a bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings products, known for its data-driven approach to consumer and commercial finance. Industry: Financial Services & Banking

Capital One Financial currently has 498 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 495 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Distinguished Applied Researcher

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As a Distinguished Applied Researcher at Capital One, you will join an elite team of scientists and engineers to drive strategic initiatives by collaborating with leaders across the organization. Your role involves guiding and mentoring a team of applied scientists without direct management responsibilities, while also representing Capital One in the broader research community. Day-to-day, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop AI-powered platforms that enhance customer interactions with financial services. Ideal candidates possess a PhD or equivalent experience in fields like Computer Science or Mathematics, with expertise in natural language processing (NLP) and large language model training. Preferred qualifications include extensive NLP research experience, contributions to large-scale LLM projects, and publications at top conferences such as ACL and NeurIPS. This role demands deep technical knowledge and the ability to lead complex AI initiatives on a large scale.

Skills

Python PyTorch TensorFlow Hugging Face Transformers DeepSpeed NVIDIA NeMo CI/CD Git Jupyter Notebook PostgreSQL MongoDB AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Docker Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana LLM NLP

What you'll do

  • Lead the development of AI-powered platforms and solutions that enhance customer interactions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative AI solutions.
  • Guide technical direction for large-scale model training initiatives.
  • Mentor a team of applied scientists without direct managerial responsibilities.
  • Represent Capital One in the research community and collaborate with leading faculty.
  • Publish research on pre-training of large language models at top conferences.

What we're looking for

  • PhD in a relevant field plus 4 years of applied research experience or M.S. with 6 years of experience.
  • Focus on NLP with extensive industrial research experience (PhD focus or 10+ years).
  • Core contributor to large language model training projects (>10B parameters, >500B tokens).
  • Publications at top AI conferences like ACL, NAACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR.
  • Experience guiding technical direction of a large-scale model training team.
  • Expertise in LLM optimizations and complex reasoning with multi-agentic systems.

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