Lead AI Foundations Data Scientist (NLP/LLMs)

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Data Scientist to lead AI/ML initiatives across billions of customer records, building NLP models and deploying scalable solutions. You will work with a cross-functional team of data scientists, engineers, and product managers to deliver personalized, data-driven experiences for customers using LLMs and open-source tools in the cloud.

The role emphasizes experimentation, innovation, and translating complex technical work into tangible business impact, with opportunities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in a quantitative field with data analytics experience
• Master's or MBA with quantitative concentration plus 3 years data analytics
• PhD in a quantitative field is acceptable

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products
• Leverage a stack including PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain, and VectorDBs
• Be expert in NLP and fine-tune LLMs for customer-facing apps
• Build ML and NLP models end-to-end and deploy them at scale
• Translate complex work into business goals for stakeholders

Skills

Python

SQL

ML

AWS

NLP

LLMs

Scala/R

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Master's degree in a quantitative field or MBA with quantitative concentration

PhD in a quantitative field

Tools

PyTorch

Hugging Face

LangChain

VectorDBs

AWS Ultraclusters

Lightning

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Data Scientist to lead AI/ML initiatives across billions of customer records, building NLP models and deploying scalable solutions. You will work with a cross-functional team of data scientists, engineers, and product managers to deliver personalized, data-driven experiences for customers using LLMs and open-source tools in the cloud.

The role emphasizes experimentation, innovation, and translating complex technical work into tangible business impact, with opportunities