Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Capital One National Association; New York (NY); On-site; USD 173,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial technologies seeks a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join their dynamic Agile team. This role involves developing and implementing machine learning applications and requires expertise in Python and ML frameworks. Candidates should have a strong background in data-intensive solutions and be prepared to leverage emerging technologies. This position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits

Performance-based incentives

Opportunities for continuous learning

Qualifications

• At least 4 years programming experience with Python, Scala, or Java.
• At least 3 years designing data-intensive solutions using distributed computing.
• At least 2 years using industry ML frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and build ML models to solve business problems.
• Collaborate in an Agile team to enhance big data and ML applications.
• Maintain and monitor ML models in production.

Skills

Programming with Python

Data-intensive solutions

ML frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

As a Capital One Machine Learning Engineer (MLE), you'll be part of an Agile team dedicated toproductionizing machine learning applications and systems at scale. You’ll participate in thedetailed technical design, development, and implementation of machine learning applicationsusing existing and emerging technology platforms. You’llfocus on machine learning architectural design, develop and review model and application code,and ensure high availability and performance of our machine learning applications. You'll havethe opportunity to continuously learn and apply the latest innovations and best practices inmachine learning engineering.

What you’ll do in the role:

The MLE role overlaps with many disciplines, such as Ops, Modeling, and Data Engineering. In this role, you'll be expected to perform many ML engineering activities, including one or more of the following:

• Design, build, and/or deliver ML models and components that solve real-world business problems, while working in collaboration with the Product and Data Science teams.

• Inform your ML infrastructure decisions using your understanding of ML modeling techniques and issues, including choice of model, data, and feature selection, model training, hyperparameter tuning, dimensionality, bias/variance, and validation).

• Solve complex problems by writing and testing application code, developing and validating ML models, and automating tests and deployment.

• Collaborate as part of a cross-functional Agile team to create and enhance software that enables state-of-the-art big data and ML applications.

• Retrain, maintain, and monitor models in production.

• Leverage or build cloud-based architectures, technologies, and/or platforms to deliver optimized ML models atscale.

• Construct optimized data pipelines to feed ML models.

• Leverage continuous integration and continuous deployment best practices, including test automation and monitoring, to ensure successful deployment of ML models and application code.

• Ensure all code is well-managed to reduce vulnerabilities, models are well-governed from a risk perspective, and the ML follows best practices in Responsible and Explainable AI.

• Use programming languages like Python or PySpark.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• At least 4 years of experience programming with Python, Scala, or Java (Internship experience does not apply)

• At least 3 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing

• At least 2 years of on-the-job experience with an industry recognized ML frameworks such as scikit-learn, PyTorch, Dask, Spark, or TensorFlow

• At least 1 year of experience productionizing, monitoring, and maintaining models

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's or doctoral degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a similar field

• 5+ years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing

• 3+ years of experience developing performant, resilient, and maintainable code

• 3+ years of experience with data gathering and preparation for ML models

• 1+ years of experience developing and deploying ML solutions in a public cloud such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, or another type of work authorization).

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

McLean, VA: $158,600 - $181,000 for Senior Machine Learning EngineerNew York, NY: $173,000 - $197,400 for Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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