Capital One
Machine Learning Engineer 4
$179K–$225K
McLean, VA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Location
- McLean, VA
Plano, TX - Experience
- At least 4 years programming, 4 years machine learning, 4 years operating large-scale distributed systems, and 2 years deploying and operating production ML and cloud services; preferred experience ranges from 1+ to 3+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a related quantitative field; preferred Master's or Doctoral Degree in a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or provide immigration-related support for this position.
About the job
Build, deploy, and operate scalable machine learning models and infrastructure to solve business problems and support production AI applications.
What you'll do
- Design, build, test, deploy, retrain, and monitor ML models and components in production.
- Develop cloud-based ML infrastructure and data pipelines, using CI/CD and deployment best practices.
- Collaborate with Product, Data Science, and cross-functional Agile teams; apply responsible and explainable AI practices.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related quantitative field.
- At least 4 years programming with Python, Java, Golang, or C++.
- At least 4 years of machine learning experience with PyTorch or Tensorflow and libraries including Pandas, NumPy, and Scikit-learn.
- At least 4 years with large-scale distributed systems for AI/ML data preparation, plus 2 years deploying production ML and operating cloud services using Kubernetes.
Nice to have
- Master's or Doctoral Degree in a related field; experience optimizing ML algorithms and infrastructure.
- Experience with software development best practices, resilient production systems, ML methods and pipelines, technical leadership, or authorship of an ML paper.
Pay
$179,400 - $204,700 USD annual base salary (Plano, TX); $197,300 - $225,100 USD annual base salary (McLean, VA)
Tools
Python, Java, Golang, C++, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Pandas, NumPy
AI focus
Develop and scale production ML solutions, including model training, tuning, deployment, monitoring, and responsible and explainable AI.
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