Capital One
Machine Learning Engineer 4 (Manager, IC)
$179K–$246K
Chicago, IL +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, IL
New York, NY - Experience
- At least 4 years in programming, ML, and operating large-scale distributed systems; at least 2 years deploying and operating production ML and cloud services.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a related quantitative field; preferred Master's or Doctoral Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or 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 production machine-learning models and infrastructure to solve business problems and scale AI applications.
What you'll do
- Design and deliver ML models, components, and data pipelines with Product and Data Science teams.
- Develop, test, deploy, retrain, maintain, and monitor ML solutions and services in the cloud.
- Apply software engineering, CI/CD, risk governance, and 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 ML experience with PyTorch or Tensorflow and libraries including Pandas, NumPy, and Scikit-learn; at least 4 years operating large-scale distributed systems such as Spark or Ray for ML data preparation.
- At least 2 years deploying and operating production ML solutions and cloud services (AWS, GCP, or Azure), using Kubernetes for large-scale containerized ML systems.
Nice to have
- Master's or Doctoral Degree in a related field; 3+ years optimizing ML algorithms, configurations, and infrastructure.
- 3+ years in software best practices, resilient deployments, ML techniques, or production data pipelines; 1+ year as a technical lead; or authorship of an ML paper.
Pay
$179,400 - $204,700 USD base salary (Chicago, IL); $215,200 - $245,600 USD base salary (New York, NY)
Tools
Python, Java, Golang, C++, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Spark, Ray
AI focus
Develop, scale, and operate production ML models and systems, including responsible and explainable AI practices.
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