Lead Data Scientist, Fraud & Customer Protection

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to lead customer protection and claims data science, working with billions of records to unlock opportunities that improve everyday financial life. You’ll partner with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to deliver scalable, value-driven solutions.

The role requires deep ML experience, strong Python and SQL skills, and a track record in productionizing models in the cloud (AWS).

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 quantitative concentration plus 3 years of data analytics experience.
• PhD in a quantitative field.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver a product customers love.
• Leverage a broad stack of technologies — Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark — to reveal insights from large datasets.
• Build ML models from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
• Translate complex work into tangible business goals.

Skills

Machine learning

Statistics

Data analytics

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

Python

AWS

Spark

H2O

Conda

SQL

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to lead customer protection and claims data science, working with billions of records to unlock opportunities that improve everyday financial life. You’ll partner with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to deliver scalable, value-driven solutions.

The role requires deep ML experience, strong Python and SQL skills, and a track record in productionizing models in the cloud (AWS).