Senior Data Scientist, Alternative Data Strategy (Hybrid)

Capital One; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Associate Data Scientist for Alternative Data Strategy in McLean, VA. You will work with a cross-functional team to develop models, integrate non-traditional data, and build scalable processing systems.

The role emphasizes governance, vendor data evaluation, and expanding data-driven credit decisioning. The ideal candidate has 2+ years in Python/Scala/R, ML, SQL, and experience with AWS, Spark, H2O.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in a quantitative field with relevant analytics experience.
• Experience with AWS and cloud computing platforms.
• 2+ years in Python, Scala, or R and ML.
• Strong SQL skills and data wrangling abilities.

Responsibilities

• Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love
• Leverage Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark to reveal insights from large numeric and textual data
• Build machine learning models from design through training, evaluation, and deployment
• Translate complex work into tangible business goals
• Hybrid role with on-site presence as per policy

Skills

Python

Scala

R

Machine Learning

SQL

AWS

H2O

Spark

Conda

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field

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

Tools

Spark

H2O

Conda

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Associate Data Scientist for Alternative Data Strategy in McLean, VA. You will work with a cross-functional team to develop models, integrate non-traditional data, and build scalable processing systems.

The role emphasizes governance, vendor data evaluation, and expanding data-driven credit decisioning. The ideal candidate has 2+ years in Python/Scala/R, ML, SQL, and experience with AWS, Spark, H2O.