Capital One
Principal Associate, Data Science - US Card (Upmarket Segments)
$147K–$201K
McLean, VA +2 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- McLean, VA
New York, NY
Richmond, VA - Experience
- 5 years with a bachelor's degree; 3 years with a master's degree or quantitative-concentration MBA; no experience duration stated for PhD. Preferred: 1 year AWS; 3 years Python, Scala, or R; 3 years machine learning; 3 years SQL.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in a quantitative field; alternatively an MBA with a quantitative concentration with the stated experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
About the job
Develop and implement machine learning models to uncover insights from large datasets and support customer-focused products and business decisions.
What you'll do
- Partner with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver products.
- Build machine learning models across design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
- Translate analytical findings into business goals.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field plus 5 years of data analytics experience; or master's degree in a quantitative field or quantitative-concentration MBA plus 3 years; or PhD in a quantitative field.
- Currently has, or is obtaining, the qualifying degree, with completion on or before the scheduled start date.
Nice to have
- At least 1 year of AWS experience.
- At least 3 years’ experience in Python, Scala, or R; machine learning; or SQL.
Pay
$161,800 - $184,600 USD base salary; $176,500 - $201,400 USD base salary; $147,100 - $167,900 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark, Scala, R, SQL
AI focus
Develop machine learning models through design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation; work includes clustering, classification, sentiment analysis, time series, and deep learning.
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