Senior Data Scientist, Alternative Data Strategy (Hybrid)

Capital One; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Principal Associate Data Scientist in McLean, VA for the Alternative Data Strategy. You will collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to deliver data-driven credit decisioning using non-traditional datasets.

The role requires ML model development, feature engineering, and operating across large data volumes with cloud technologies. You will evaluate vendors, build scalable systems, and guide users on dataset applications while navigating risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field plus 5 years analytics experience.
• Master’s degree in quantitative field or MBA with quantitative concentration plus 3 years analytics experience.
• PhD in quantitative field.
• Master’s Degree in STEM field plus 3 years analytics, or PhD in STEM field

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross‑functional teams to deliver data products.
• Engineer features and scalable processing for large datasets.
• Build ML models from design through deployment.
• Translate complex work into clear business goals

Skills

Python

Scala

R

SQL

Machine Learning

AWS

Spark

Conda

H2O

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field

Master's degree in quantitative field or MBA with quantitative concentration

PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Spark

H2O

Conda

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Principal Associate Data Scientist in McLean, VA for the Alternative Data Strategy. You will collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to deliver data-driven credit decisioning using non-traditional datasets.

The role requires ML model development, feature engineering, and operating across large data volumes with cloud technologies. You will evaluate vendors, build scalable systems, and guide users on dataset applications while navigating risk