Principal Data Scientist—Card Intelligence ML Leader

Socket.dev; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One invites a Principal Data Scientist - Card Intelligence to join its US Card Data Science organization. You will work on modeling and data platforms to personalize card offers across billions of records, influencing marketing, underwriting, and fraud prevention.

You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver products customers love, using Python, AWS, Spark, and open‑source tools while translating insights into business impact.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or holding a quantitative degree with practiced data analytics experience.
• Experience performing data analytics with a quantitative degree.
• PhD or MBA with quantitative focus is acceptable for senior roles.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver a data-driven product.
• Leverage Python, AWS, Spark to analyze large numeric and textual data.
• Build machine learning models from design to deployment.
• Translate complex analytics into clear business goals.

Skills

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Data analytics

Open-source tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field

Master's Degree in a quantitative field or MBA with a quantitative concentration

PhD in a quantitative field

Tools

Python

Scala

R

SQL

AWS

Spark

H2O

Job description

Capital One invites a Principal Data Scientist - Card Intelligence to join its US Card Data Science organization. You will work on modeling and data platforms to personalize card offers across billions of records, influencing marketing, underwriting, and fraud prevention.

You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver products customers love, using Python, AWS, Spark, and open‑source tools while translating insights into business impact.