Lead ML Ops Engineer — Platform & Infra

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 197,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Lead Software Engineer focusing on MLOps to bridge software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and data science. You will lead teams delivering scalable ML infrastructure, productionizing data pipelines, and driving a major technology transformation.

You’ll work with AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, PyTorch/TensorFlow, and Spark to deploy models, monitor systems, and ensure resilience in real‑time, high‑stakes applications. Collaboration with product teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required; experience in Python/Java/Scala is expected.
• Strong background in ML infrastructure, data pipelines, and model deployment.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS) and scalable ML systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead software and MLOps projects; mentor developers and drive Agile practices.
• Own end-to-end MLOps lifecycle: from research models to scalable production deployment.
• Design and optimize data pipelines, model serving, and monitoring for high-stakes apps.
• Write performant code in Python; Java/Scala as secondary stacks; emphasize resiliency.
• Balance hands-on coding with technical leadership and cross-functional rollout coordination.
• Leverage AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, PyTorch/TensorFlow, Spark to automate deployment.

Skills

Python

Scala/Java

Cloud AWS

ML systems

Agile practices

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Spark

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Lead Software Engineer focusing on MLOps to bridge software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and data science. You will lead teams delivering scalable ML infrastructure, productionizing data pipelines, and driving a major technology transformation.

You’ll work with AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, PyTorch/TensorFlow, and Spark to deploy models, monitor systems, and ensure resilience in real‑time, high‑stakes applications. Collaboration with product teams is essential.