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Principal Associate, Data Scientist - Recommendation & Personalization Systems

Capital One McLean, VA, VA senior full-time

Salary

$161,800 - $184,600 per year

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Description

As a Data Scientist at Capital One, you'll be part of a team leading the next wave of disruption, using the latest computing and machine learning technologies across billions of customer records.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-loved products
  • Leverage technologies like Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark to reveal insights in large datasets
  • Build machine learning models through development phases
  • Translate complex work into tangible business goals

The Ideal Candidate:

  • Is customer-focused and passionate about doing the right thing
  • Continuously researches emerging technologies and stays current on state-of-the-art methods
  • Is technical, with experience in open-source languages and cloud computing platforms
  • 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 data analytics experience
  • Master's Degree in a quantitative field or an MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 3 years of data analytics experience
  • PhD in a quantitative field

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree in STEM field plus 3 years of data analytics experience
  • PhD in STEM field
  • Experience in Python, Scala, R, machine learning, SQL, and AWS

Salary Information:

  • McLean, VA: $161,800 - $184,600
  • New York, NY: $176,500 - $201,400
  • San Jose, CA: $176,500 - $201,400

Skills

Nice to have

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