Senior Associate, Data Scientist - Corporate Strategy

Capital One Group; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a data scientist to partner with cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven products for customers. You will work with Python, Scala, or R to build ML models from design to deployment, and translate complex results into actionable business outcomes in a fast-paced financial services environment.

Strong communication skills, curiosity about new technologies, and the ability to operate with urgency are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field plus 2 years of data analytics experience.
• At least 2 years’ experience with Python, Scala, or R.
• At least 2 years’ experience with machine learning.
• Experience with SQL and data retrieval from multiple sources.

Responsibilities

• Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
• Build and iterate ML models through all phases: design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
• Translate complex analyses into tangible business goals and actionable insights.
• Research and apply emerging technologies to financial services data.
• Collaborate across levels to drive strategic decisions with data-driven evidence.

Skills

Python

Scala

R

Machine learning

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field

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

Master’s Degree in STEM or PhD in STEM

Job description

* 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* 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.* 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.* 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* 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’ experience in Python, Scala, or R* At least 2 years’ experience with machine learning* At least 2 years’ experience with SQL* Possesses the Data Science trifecta of job specific skills: great data expertise, amazing data and software engineering skills, and terrific modeling skills* Be a source of positive energy, inspiration and motivation for the team* Be excited about working in financial services* Be action oriented, always leaning in and moving with a sense of urgency* Multi-task, able to handle multiple priorities in parallel, and extremely well organized* Be self-confident, a self-starter, and a strategic thinker* Build strong, trusted relationships and operate in an influential manner with executives to assist in driving the strategic agenda* Be a strong facilitator, negotiator and mediator, with the ability to drive to consensus* Be highly collaborative (comfortable partnering with all levels of the organization)* Be experienced at seeing patterns and commonalities that can create a bigger picture out of small pieces, anticipating what’s around the cornerCapital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.