Lead Data Scientist, Alternative Data Strategy

ITSMF; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 215,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Manager, Data Scientist for the Alternative Data Strategy in New York. You will guide data science initiatives, evaluate new data sources, and build scalable models to inform credit decisioning, working in a hybrid environment with on-site expectations at the designated office.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, utilize Python, Spark, AWS, and other tools to drive data-driven decisions, while navigating risk governance and vendor data applications.

Qualifications

• Minimum degree in a quantitative field with related analytics experience.
• Experience with open source languages for large-scale data analysis.
• Experience with machine learning.
• Experience utilizing relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
• Leverage Python, Conda, AWS, Spark, and more to reveal insights from huge volumes of data.
• Build machine learning models through design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
• Translate complex work into tangible business goals.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine Learning

Relational Databases

AWS

Data Analytics

Education

Bachelor's Degree (Quantitative)

Master's Degree (Quantitative)

PhD (Quantitative)

Tools

Spark

H2O

Conda

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Manager, Data Scientist for the Alternative Data Strategy in New York. You will guide data science initiatives, evaluate new data sources, and build scalable models to inform credit decisioning, working in a hybrid environment with on-site expectations at the designated office.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, utilize Python, Spark, AWS, and other tools to drive data-driven decisions, while navigating risk governance and vendor data applications.