Senior Data Scientist, Credit Risk & Loss Forecasting

Capital One National Association; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Senior Associate, Data Science to advance loss forecasting and data transformation for the credit card portfolio. You will work with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to turn complex data into actionable insights and scalable models.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with open-source tools, cloud computing, and a strong foundation in statistics and ML, plus the ability to communicate model risk to executives and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field plus 2 years of data analytics.
• Master's degree in a quantitative field or MBA with quantitative emphasis.
• STEM master's or PhD preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify and quantify risks associated with models with cross-functional teams.
• Leverage Python, Conda, AWS, Spark to reveal insights in data.
• Build statistical/machine learning models to challenge production champions.
• Contribute to governance of next-gen ML models.
• Present model risks and business impact to executives.

Skills

Statistical modeling

Data analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in quantitative field

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

Master's Degree in STEM or PhD in STEM

Tools

AWS

Python

Spark

SQL

Conda

R

Scala

Job description

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Senior Associate, Data Science to advance loss forecasting and data transformation for the credit card portfolio. You will work with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to turn complex data into actionable insights and scalable models.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with open-source tools, cloud computing, and a strong foundation in statistics and ML, plus the ability to communicate model risk to executives and