Senior Associate, Data Scientist - Applied AI (Financial Services)

Capital One National Association; Plano (TX); Presencial; USD 123.000 - 141.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Capital One is seeking a Senior Associate, Data Scientist - Applied AI (Financial Services) to lead Generative AI initiatives across billions of records. You will partner with data scientists, ML engineers, and product managers to deliver practical AI solutions that drive real business value.

You will develop end-to-end AI pipelines using Python, PyTorch, LangChain, AWS, Spark, and vector databases, from context engineering and fine-tuning to evaluation and deployment, translating technical

Formación

• Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field plus 2 years of data analytics experience.
• Master's Degree in a quantitative field or an MBA with a quantitative concentration.

Responsabilidades

• Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, ML engineers, and product managers to deliver Generative AI solutions customers love.
• Leverage a broad stack of technologies—Python, PyTorch, LangChain, AWS, Spark, and Vector Databases—to build Multi‑Agent systems and advanced RAG pipelines over vast volumes of numeric and textual data.
• Build Generative AI models and pipelines through all phases of development, from context engineering through fine‑tuning, evaluation, validation, and deployment.
• Flex your interpersonal skills to translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals.

Conocimientos

Python

PyTorch

LangChain

AWS

Spark

Vector Databases

SQL

Educación

Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field

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

Descripción del empleo

Senior Associate, Data Scientist - Applied AI (Financial Services)

Data 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.

In this role, you will:

• Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, machine learning engineers, and product managers to deliver Generative AI solutions customers love.
• Leverage a broad stack of technologies—Python, PyTorch, LangChain, AWS, Spark, and Vector Databases—to build Multi‑Agent systems and advanced RAG pipelines over vast volumes of numeric and textual data.
• Build Generative AI models and pipelines through all phases of development, from context engineering through fine‑tuning, evaluation, validation, and deployment.
• Flex your interpersonal skills to translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals.

The Ideal Candidate is:

• Innovative. You continually research and evaluate emerging technologies. You stay current on published state‑of‑the‑art methods, technologies, and applications and seek out opportunities to apply them.
• Creative. You thrive on bringing definition to big, undefined problems. You love asking questions and pushing hard to find answers. You’re not afraid to share a new idea.
• 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.
• 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.

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 2 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in "STEM" field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics), or PhD in "STEM" field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics)
• At least 2 years of experience in Python, Scala, or R
• At least 2 years of experience with machine learning
• At least 2 years of experience with SQL
• At least 1 year of experience in AI, Information Retrieval, Deep Learning, or NLP

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

McLean, VA: $135,600 - $154,800 for Sr Assoc, Data SciencePlano, TX: $123,300 - $140,700 for Sr Assoc, Data Science

Candidates 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.

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.