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Principal Data Scientist - AI Foundations, Specialist Models

Capital One McLean, VA senior full-time

Salary

$161,800 - $184,600 for McLean, VA

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Description

As a Principal Data Scientist at Capital One, you'll lead the next wave of disruption using the latest computing and machine learning technologies. You'll partner with a cross-functional team to build a next-generation entity resolution solution, leveraging cutting-edge machine learning approaches.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to build a next-generation entity resolution solution
  • Leverage technologies like Python, AWS, Spark, and modern machine learning models to reveal insights in large datasets
  • Build machine learning models through all phases of development
  • Leverage Agentic AI tools and workflows to build and test
  • Translate complex work into tangible business goals

The Ideal Candidate:

  • Is innovative, staying current with emerging technologies and seeking opportunities to apply them
  • Is creative, thriving on defining big, undefined problems and finding answers
  • Is technical, comfortable with open-source languages and developing data science solutions
  • Is statistically-minded, with experience building and validating models
  • Is a data guru, skilled in retrieving, combining, and analyzing data from various sources

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science) plus 5 years of experience in data analytics
  • Master's Degree in a quantitative field or an MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 3 years of experience in data analytics
  • PhD in a quantitative field

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree or PhD in a STEM field
  • Experience working with AWS
  • At least 3 years' experience in Python, Scala, or R
  • At least 3 years' experience with machine learning
  • At least 3 years' experience with SQL

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits

Skills

Nice to have

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