Senior Data Scientist, Personalization & Recommender Systems

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a data scientist to join the Applied AI team in McLean, VA. You will build scalable ML models processing billions of records, translating complex analyses into business value and product improvements across web and mobile channels.

You’ll collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product managers, using Python, AWS, Spark, and related tools to push state-of-the-art techniques into production while upholding rigorous validation and governance standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 5 years of experience performing data analytics.
• 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 plus 3 years of experience performing data analytics.
• PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field)

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 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.

Skills

Python/Scala/R

Machine Learning

SQL

AWS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field

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

PhD in quantitative field

Tools

H2O

Spark

Job description

Capital One is seeking a data scientist to join the Applied AI team in McLean, VA. You will build scalable ML models processing billions of records, translating complex analyses into business value and product improvements across web and mobile channels.

You’ll collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product managers, using Python, AWS, Spark, and related tools to push state-of-the-art techniques into production while upholding rigorous validation and governance standards.