Capital One
Current PhD, Applied Research Internship Program - Summer 2027
$191K–$209K
New York, NY +2 · Internship · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
McLean, VA
San Jose, CA - Experience
- Not specified.
- Education
- Currently enrolled in an accredited PhD program; first year of coursework must be completed by June 2027.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this internship.
About the job
Conduct applied AI research on large-scale banking problems and help translate new methods into customer-facing products or academic publications.
What you'll do
- Conduct applied research to improve customer experiences and contribute to publications.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and test AI-powered products.
- Analyze large numeric and textual datasets and communicate research in business terms.
What they ask for
- Currently enrolled in an accredited PhD program.
- Complete the first year of PhD coursework by June 2027.
Nice to have
- PhD in a relevant field; programming experience and experience with a deep learning framework such as Python and PyTorch.
- Publications at leading conferences or research focus in one of the listed AI areas.
Pay
$191,000 - $191,000 USD annual salary (McLean, VA); $209,000 - $209,000 USD annual salary (New York, NY); $209,000 - $209,000 USD annual salary (San Jose, CA)
Tools
Pytorch, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, Lightning, VectorDBs
AI focus
Applied research in AI, including developing and evaluating methods for banking products and customer experiences; research areas include foundation models, LLMs, reinforcement learning, causal inference, and trustworthy AI.
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