Visa is looking to solve the problem of advancing its payments and technology capabilities through innovative research and development, specifically in the areas of data analytics, machine learning, and AI agent interactions.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering skills
- Strong academic track record in fundamental and applied research with participation in developing innovations
- Strong track record in research and impact in the research community in highly reputed journals and conferences through multiple publications, patents and/or presentations at conferences.
- Experience with data analytics and machine learning
- Experience with AI agent interactions and multi-agent architectures
- Knowledge of model compression, quantization, and optimized LLM fine-tuning
- Experience with benchmarking frameworks for safety, robustness, and performance evaluation
Responsibilities
- Research and develop methods to reduce hallucinations and improve factual reliability in AI agents.
- Design access control mechanisms and policy enforcement for secure AI agent interactions.
- Investigate and implement attack mitigation strategies, including Prompt injection defenses and Jailbreak prevention methods
- Explore multi-agent architectures for secure, coordinated, and efficient collaboration between AI agents.
- Build and evaluate efficiency improvements such as model compression, quantization, and optimized LLM fine-tuning.
- Develop benchmarking frameworks for safety, robustness, and performance evaluation.
- Contribute to top-tier research publications
Other
- Students pursuing a Ph.D. with a graduation date in December 2026 or later
- Strong communications skills, specifically, the absence of repeated grammatical or typographical errors, clear and concise written and spoken communications that demonstrate professional judgment.
- Ability to work in a dynamic, global environment
- Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams
- Ability to demonstrate business impact and highlight personal growth
