Capital One
Machine Learning Engineer 3
$147K–$201K
McLean, VA +3 · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- McLean, VA
Richmond, VA
New York, NY
Plano, TX - Experience
- At least 3 years programming; at least 2 years machine learning; at least 3 years operating large-scale distributed systems; at least 1 year deploying and operating production ML solutions in the cloud and using Kubernetes. Preferred experience includes 1+ years in several specified areas.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a related quantitative field; a Master's or Doctoral Degree in a related field is preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or provide immigration-related support for this position.
About the job
Build, deploy, and operate production machine-learning models and infrastructure that address business problems and scale across cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, validate, retrain, and monitor ML models and components in production.
- Build data pipelines and cloud-based ML infrastructure, and automate testing and deployment.
- Work with product, data science, and cross-functional Agile teams while applying responsible, explainable, and well-governed AI practices.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related quantitative field.
- At least 3 years of programming experience with Python, Java, Golang, or C++.
- At least 2 years of ML experience using PyTorch or Tensorflow and libraries including Pandas, NumPy, or Scikit-learn.
- At least 3 years operating large-scale distributed systems for AI/ML data preparation, and at least 1 year deploying production ML solutions in the cloud and using Kubernetes.
Nice to have
- Master’s or Doctoral Degree in a related field.
- Experience optimizing ML algorithms and infrastructure, applying software development and deployment best practices, or building production ML data pipelines; ML publication experience is also preferred.
Pay
USD $161,800 - $184,600 base salary (McLean, VA); USD $176,500 - $201,400 base salary (New York, NY); USD $147,100 - $167,900 base salary (Plano, TX); USD $147,100 - $167,900 base salary (Richmond, VA)
Tools
Python, Java, Golang, C++, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Pandas, NumPy
AI focus
Develop, scale, deploy, and maintain production ML models; work with model selection, training, tuning, validation, monitoring, and Responsible and Explainable AI.
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