Capital One
Senior Manager, Machine Learning Engineer (People Leader)
$209K–$286K
New York, NY +3 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
San Francisco, CA
McLean, VA
Plano, TX - Experience
- 6+ years programming; 6+ years machine learning; 6+ years large-scale distributed systems; 4+ years production ML and cloud services with Kubernetes; 1+ year people leadership.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a related quantitative field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
About the job
Leads and contributes hands-on to building, deploying, and scaling production machine-learning models and platforms while developing and mentoring engineering talent.
What you'll do
- Design, build, deploy, retrain, and monitor ML models, applications, and data pipelines for business problems.
- Scale cloud-based ML platforms and services, applying CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and responsible AI practices.
- Mentor engineers, recruit and retain talent, and lead technical collaboration across teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related quantitative field.
- At least 6 years programming with Python, Java, Golang, or C++; at least 6 years of ML experience using PyTorch or Tensorflow and listed libraries.
- At least 6 years using and operating large-scale distributed systems such as Spark or Ray for AI/ML data preparation.
- At least 4 years deploying and operating production ML solutions and cloud services, using Kubernetes; at least 1 year of people leadership.
Nice to have
- Master's or Doctoral Degree in a related field; 3+ years managing and leading an ML engineering team.
- Experience optimizing ML algorithms and infrastructure, production data pipelines, resilient deployment practices, or demonstrated ML industry impact.
Pay
$229,900 - $262,400 USD base salary (McLean, VA); $250,800 - $286,200 USD base salary (New York, NY); $209,000 - $238,500 USD base salary (Plano, TX); $250,800 - $286,200 USD base salary (San Francisco, CA)
Tools
Python, Java, Golang, C++, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Pandas, NumPy
AI focus
Builds, deploys, scales, maintains, and monitors production ML models and infrastructure; applies Responsible and Explainable AI practices.
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