Lead Data Scientist, Model Risk & AI Innovation

Hobbsnews; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 197,300 - 225,100; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Data Scientist to join the Model Audit team in McLean, VA. You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver data products, audit models, and translate complex insights into business impact.

The role emphasizes NLP, Generative AI, and a broad tech stack including Python, AWS, Spark, and H2O. A strong quantitative background and ML experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field plus 6 years of data analytics experience.
• Master’s degree in a quantitative field or MBA with quantitative concentration plus 4 years of data analytics.
• PhD in a quantitative field plus 1 year of data analytics experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross‑functional teams to deliver data products that customers love.
• Leverage Python, AWS, Spark, and other tools to extract insights from large numeric and textual datasets.
• Audit ML models across development lifecycle and translate results into business impact.
• Communicate complex analyses in actionable terms to stakeholders.

Skills

Python

Machine learning

Relational databases

SQL

Deep learning

Gen AI

NLP

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree + 6 years data analytics

Master's degree or MBA with quantitative concentration + 4 years

PhD + 1 year data analytics

Tools

Spark

H2O

Conda

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Data Scientist to join the Model Audit team in McLean, VA. You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver data products, audit models, and translate complex insights into business impact.

The role emphasizes NLP, Generative AI, and a broad tech stack including Python, AWS, Spark, and H2O. A strong quantitative background and ML experience are required.