# Principal Data Scientist, Customer Protection Agentic Claims Data Science

**Company**: Capital One
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $161,800 - $184,600
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

As a Principal Data Scientist at Capital One, you'll be part of a team that's leading the next wave of disruption using the latest in computing and machine learning technologies. You'll work on building machine learning models that help customers spend safely and get back on track if an issue occurs with their payments.

**Responsibilities:**

- Partner with a cross-functional team to deliver a product customers love

- Leverage a broad stack of technologies , Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark, and more , to reveal insights hidden within huge volumes of data

- Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation

- Translate complex work into tangible business goals

**Requirements:**

- Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field)

- 5 years of experience performing data analytics (for Bachelor's Degree), 3 years (for Master's Degree or MBA), or PhD in a quantitative field

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Master's Degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) plus 3 years of experience in data analytics, or PhD in a STEM field

- At least 3 years' experience with machine learning for predictive tasks

- At least 3 years' experience in Python

- At least 1 year of experience with SQL

- At least 1 year of experience working with AWS

- Experience coordinating data science projects in cross-functional teams

- Experience applying LLMs to solve real-world problems

**Salary:** McLean, VA: $161,800 - $184,600 for Principal Associate, Data Science

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

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- Conda
- AWS
- H2O
- Spark
- machine learning
- data analytics
- Statistics
- Economics
- Operations Research
- Analytics
- Mathematics
- Computer Science

### Nice to have
- Master's Degree in STEM field
- PhD in STEM field
- machine learning for predictive tasks
- SQL
- data science project coordination
- LLMs

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