Principal Associate, Data Scientist - SBB Fraud

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Principal Associate, Data Scientist for the SBB Fraud team in McLean, VA. You will partner with cross-functional teams to deploy fraud models at scale, leveraging Python, Spark, AWS, and related tools to extract insights from billions of records.

You will build models end-to-end, from design to deployment, translating complex analyses into actionable business outcomes. The Ideal Candidate has strong statistical modeling, data analytics, and machine learning experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field plus 5 years of analytics experience.
• Master's degree in a quantitative field or MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 3 years of analytics.
• A PhD in a quantitative field.
• Master’s Degree in STEM plus 3 years of analytics or PhD in STEM.

Responsibilities

• Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
• Leverage a broad stack of technologies — Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark — to reveal insights from huge volumes of data.
• Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
• Translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals.

Skills

Statistical modeling

Data analytics

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field

Master's degree in quantitative field

PhD in quantitative field

MBA with quantitative concentration

Tools

Python

SQL

Spark

AWS

H2O

Conda

Dask

Job description

Principal Associate, Data Scientist - SBB Fraud### Principal Associate, Data Scientist - SBB FraudApply: McLean, VA: Full time: Posted Today: R1004467Principal Associate, Data Scientist - SBB FraudData is at the center of everything we do. As a startup, we disrupted the credit card industry by individually personalizing every credit card offer using statistical modeling and the relational database, cutting edge technology in 1988! Fast-forward a few years, and this little innovation and our passion for data has skyrocketed us to a Fortune 200 company and a leader in the world of data-driven decision-making.As a Data Scientist at Capital One, you’ll be part of a team that’s leading the next wave of disruption at a whole new scale, using the latest in computing and machine learning technologies and operating across billions of customer records to unlock the big opportunities that help everyday people save money, time and agony in their financial lives. **Team Description** Small businesses make up 99% of businesses in the US and account for 44% of the country's GDP. The Small Business Bank (SBB) Fraud Data Science team builds the machine learning models that help protect our customers and Capital One against fraudsters by catching millions of dollars in transactions, account opening, account takeover fraud. You will work with cross functional teams including analysts, software engineers and product managers to build, deploy and manage fraud models that make intelligent decisions. **Role Description** **In this role, you will:*** Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love* Leverage a broad stack of technologies — Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark, and more — to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data* Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation* Flex your interpersonal skills to translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals **The Ideal Candidate is:** * Statistically-minded. You’ve built models, validated them, and backtested them. You know how to interpret a confusion matrix or a ROC curve. You have experience with clustering, classification, sentiment analysis, time series, and deep learning.* A data guru. “Big data” doesn’t faze you. You have the skills to retrieve, combine, and analyze data from a variety of sources and structures. You know understanding the data is often the key to great data science.* Customer first. You love the process of analyzing and creating, but also share our passion to do the right thing. You know at the end of the day it’s about making the right decision for our customers.* Technical. You’re comfortable with open-source languages and are passionate about developing further. You have hands-on experience developing data science solutions using open-source tools and cloud computing platforms. **Basic Qualifications:*** Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date: + A Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 5 years of experience performing data analytics + A Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) or an MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 3 years of experience performing data analytics + A PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) **Preferred Qualifications:*** Master’s Degree in “STEM” field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) plus 3 years of experience in data analytics, or PhD in “STEM” field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics)* At least 3 years’ experience with machine learning* At least 1 year of experience with deep learning/emerging AI e.g. graphs, embeddings, sequence models, transformer models* At least 3 years’ experience in Python, Dask, Spark etc.* At least 3 years’ experience with SQL* At least 1 year of experience working with AWS Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.McLean, VA: $161,800 - $184,600 for Princ Associate, Data ScienceCandidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.