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Principal Associate, Data Scientist -Financial Services-Consumer Risk Modeling

Capital One Plano, TX senior full-time

Salary

$147,100 - $167,900 per year

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Description

As a Principal Associate, Data Scientist at Capital One, you will be part of a team that's leading the next wave of disruption in the financial services industry, using the latest in computing and machine learning technologies to unlock big opportunities that help everyday people save money, time, and agony in their financial lives.

In this role, you will:

  • 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 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

The ideal candidate is customer-focused, innovative, creative, a leader, technically skilled, statistically-minded, and a data guru.

Basic qualifications include:

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

Preferred qualifications include:

  • Master’s Degree in “STEM” field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) plus 3 years of experience in data analytics, or PhD in “STEM” field
  • At least 1 year of 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

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are $147,100 - $167,900.

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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