# Principal Associate, Data Scientist - Alternative Data Strategy

**Company**: Capital One
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $161,800 - $184,600 for McLean, VA and $176,500 - $201,400 for New York, NY
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

As a Principal Associate Data Scientist at Capital One, you'll join a team driving credit decisioning forward by integrating non-traditional datasets into US Card strategies.

**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 all development phases

- Translate complex work into tangible business goals

- Adhere to Capital One's hybrid policy regarding required on-site presence

**Requirements:**

- Quantitative field degree (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science) with relevant experience

- Experience with open-source languages and cloud computing platforms

- Hands-on experience with data science solutions using open-source tools

- Statistical knowledge with experience in model building, validation, and backtesting

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Master's Degree in STEM field with 3 years of experience in data analytics

- Experience working with AWS, Python, Scala, R, machine learning, and SQL

**Salary Information:**

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

- New York, NY: $176,500 - $201,400

**Benefits:**

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

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- Conda
- AWS
- H2O
- Spark
- machine learning
- SQL
- data science

### Nice to have
- Scala
- R

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