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From the employer's careers site First seen 1 Nov 2026

Principal Data Scientist - AI for Data and Assessment

Capital One McLean, VA, VA senior full-time

Salary

$161,800 - $184,600 per year

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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 across billions of customer records.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver products customers love
  • 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

The Ideal Candidate

  • Is innovative, staying current with emerging technologies and seeking opportunities to apply them
  • Is creative, defining big problems and finding answers
  • Is technical, comfortable with open-source languages and cloud computing platforms
  • Is statistically-minded, with experience in model building, validation, and interpretation
  • Is a data guru, skilled in retrieving, combining, and analyzing data from various sources

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field plus 5 years of data analytics experience
  • Master's Degree in a quantitative field or MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 3 years of experience
  • PhD in a quantitative field

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's or PhD in STEM field
  • Experience with AWS, Python, SQL, Deep Learning Frameworks, Natural Language Processing

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

  • SQL
  • Deep Learning Frameworks
  • Natural Language Processing
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