Senior Data Scientist, Alternative Data Strategy

Information Technology Senior Management Forum; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Associate, Data Scientist focused on Alt Data Strategy to help advance credit decisioning by integrating non-traditional datasets. You will work with a cross-functional team of data scientists, engineers, and product managers to build scalable features and models across massive datasets.

The role requires strong Python/Scala/R skills, ML experience, and familiarity with AWS, Spark, and H2O.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in a quantitative field with relevant analytics experience.
• Graduate degree (MS/PhD) or MBA with quantitative concentration preferred.
• Exposure to AWS, Spark, H2O, and SQL is advantageous.

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, and more — to reveal insights from large numeric and textual data
• Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design to deployment
• Translate complex analyses into tangible business goals for stakeholders

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

Tools

AWS

Spark

H2O

SQL

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Associate, Data Scientist focused on Alt Data Strategy to help advance credit decisioning by integrating non-traditional datasets. You will work with a cross-functional team of data scientists, engineers, and product managers to build scalable features and models across massive datasets.

The role requires strong Python/Scala/R skills, ML experience, and familiarity with AWS, Spark, and H2O.