Capital One
Principal Quantitative Analyst - Global Finance
$162K–$185K
McLean, VA · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3 years in quantitative analytics for the master’s/MBA route; 3 years in each of the specified core skills and 3 years in at least 3 of the listed additional skills. Preferred: 4 years in statistical software and 4 years with large datasets.
- Education
- Master’s degree in a quantitative field or MBA with quantitative concentration, or PhD in a quantitative field. Degree may be in progress if obtained by the scheduled start date.
- Visa sponsorship
- Will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization.
About the job
Develop and implement quantitative models and analytical solutions for Capital One’s Finance organization, including Capital Markets, derivatives, and fixed-income modeling.
What you'll do
- Develop and enhance Capital Markets models and analytical frameworks, and create solutions to business problems.
- Apply quantitative methods, automation, and machine learning to improve business performance and process efficiency.
- Own model development from conceptualization through validation, deployment, training, monitoring, and documentation; communicate results and provide technical guidance.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in a quantitative field or quantitatively concentrated MBA plus 3 years of quantitative analytics experience, or a PhD in a quantitative field.
- At least 3 years of experience in statistical or econometric modeling, linear and logistic regression, programming in R, Python or SQL, and presenting statistical results to non-statistical audiences.
- At least 3 years of experience in at least 3 listed areas: survival analysis, time-series, panel data, cross-sectional analysis, machine learning, or managing datasets over 1M records.
- Deep understanding of quantitative modeling related to finance, capital markets, derivatives, and investment portfolio modeling; ability to communicate modeling results.
Nice to have
- 4 years of experience with Python, R or other statistical analyst software.
- 4 years of experience manipulating and analyzing large data sets.
Pay
$161,800 - $184,600 USD base salary (McLean, VA)
Tools
Python, R, SQL
AI focus
Applies machine learning methods to generate insights and improve business performance.
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