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Principal Associate, Data Scientist -Financial Services

Capital One senior full-time

Salary

$161,800 - $184,600 per year

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Description

As a Principal Associate, 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.

Role Description In this role, you will:

  • Partner with a cross-functional team to deliver a product customers love
  • Leverage technologies like Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark to reveal insights in huge volumes of data
  • Build machine learning models through all phases of development
  • Translate complex work into tangible business goals

The Ideal Candidate is:

  • Customer-focused, innovative, creative, a leader, technical, statistically-minded, and a data guru
  • Comfortable with open-source languages and cloud computing platforms
  • Experienced in data science solutions, machine learning, and big data

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science)
  • Relevant experience in data analytics

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's or PhD in STEM field
  • Experience with AWS, Python, Scala, R, machine learning, and SQL

Salary Information:

  • McLean, VA: $161,800 - $184,600
  • Plano, TX: $147,100 - $167,900

Benefits: Capital One offers a comprehensive set of health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being.

Skills

Nice to have

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