About the role#
This is a full-time, paid 12-week internship program taking place from June through August 2027. You will join the Intelligent Foundations and Experiences (IFX) team to build AI-native products and scalable infrastructure. This role involves contributing to GenAI workflows and internal agentic coding tools that support our customer-facing experiences. Interns will be evaluated for potential full-time roles upon completion of the program.
What you'll do#
- Partner with research scientists, product managers, and engineers to prototype and ship AI-native products.
- Research, prototype, and productionalize high-impact AI systems, including multimodal search and intelligent document processing.
- Design and optimize the critical infrastructure of our AI stack, from fine-tuning pre-training pipelines to reinforcement learning.
- Implement inference optimization, robust guardrails, and sophisticated evaluation frameworks.
- Architect agentic workflows that enable AI systems to navigate tools, orchestrate multi-step reasoning, and integrate with complex microservice environments.
What you'll need#
- Currently pursuing or holding a PhD in Computer Science, AI, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with an expected graduation date of August 2029 or earlier.
- Must continue in the same course of study following the internship.
- At least 1 year of experience or academic work developing AI and ML algorithms or technologies.
- At least 1 year of experience or academic work programming with Python, Go, Scala, or Java.
Location & details#
- Locations: New York, NY; McLean, VA; San Jose, CA.
- Modality: This is a hybrid role requiring in-person attendance at your assigned location.
- Note: Capital One does not provide sponsorship for this internship position.
About Capital One
Capital One is a public financial services company based in McLean, Virginia. It provides banking and business banking services to its customers. The firm employs over 83,000 people. It operates multiple office locations across the United States.
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