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Senior Associate, Data Science - Compliance Model Risk

Capital One Chicago, IL senior full-time

Salary

$123,300 - $140,700 per year

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Description

As a Senior Associate, Data Science - Compliance Model Risk at Capital One, you'll be part of a team that's leading the next wave of disruption at a whole new scale, using the latest in computing and machine learning technologies and operating across billions of customer records to unlock big opportunities that help everyday people save money, time, and agony in their financial lives.

In Capital One's Model Risk Office, we defend the company against model failures and find new ways of making better decisions with models. We use our statistics, software engineering, and business expertise to drive the best outcomes in both Risk Management and the Enterprise.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love
  • Leverage a broad stack of technologies , Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark, and more , to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data
  • Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation
  • Translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals

Requirements:

  • Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date:
  • A Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 2 years of experience performing data analytics
  • A Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) or an MBA with a quantitative concentration

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree in “STEM” field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics), or PhD in “STEM” field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics)
  • Experience working with AWS
  • At least 2 years of experience in Python, Scala, or R
  • At least 2 years of experience with machine learning
  • At least 2 years of experience with SQL

Salary Information: The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are:

  • Chicago, IL: $123,300 - $140,700
  • McLean, VA: $135,600 - $154,800
  • Richmond, VA: $123,300 - $140,700
  • Riverwoods, IL: $123,300 - $140,700

Benefits: Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

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Skills

Nice to have

  • Master's Degree in STEM field
  • PhD in STEM field
  • Scala
  • R
  • SQL
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