Capital One
Senior Associate, Data Scientist - People Strategy & Analytics
$136K–$155K
McLean, VA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor’s route requires 2 years performing data analytics; preferred experience includes at least 2 years each in Python, machine learning, and SQL, and at least 1 year with relational databases and AI/ML tools and ecosystems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field plus 2 years of data analytics experience, or a master’s degree in a quantitative field or an MBA with a quantitative concentration. Degree must be obtained by the scheduled start date.
- Visa sponsorship
- Will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization.
About the job
Develops machine learning and AI solutions for talent decisions, HR efficiency, and HR tools by analyzing numeric and textual data and partnering with cross-functional teams.
What you'll do
- Support NLP and machine learning models from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
- Apply open-source LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, and evaluation frameworks to business applications.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional partners to deliver AI-powered HR products and translate data science into business outcomes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field plus 2 years of data analytics experience, or a master’s degree in a quantitative field or an MBA with a quantitative concentration.
- Hands-on experience developing data science solutions with open-source tools and cloud computing platforms.
- Experience building, validating, and backtesting models; familiarity with clustering, classification, sentiment analysis, time series, and deep learning.
Nice to have
- STEM master’s degree or PhD.
- Experience with AWS, Python, machine learning, SQL, relational databases such as Snowflake, or AI/ML tools and ecosystems such as Hugging Face, VectorDBs, or Pytorch/TensorFlow.
Pay
USD $135,600 - $154,800 base salary
Tools
Python, SQL, AWS, LangChain, Hugging Face Transformers, VectorDBs, Pytorch/TensorFlow, Snowflake
AI focus
Develop NLP and machine learning models and apply open-source LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, and evaluation frameworks to HR and talent applications.
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