Capital One · 2 hours ago
Principal Associate, Data Scientist - US Card (New To Credit Team)
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$144K/yr - $165K/yr
3+ years expCapital One is a Fortune 200 company that leads in data-driven decision-making. As a Data Scientist on the New to Credit Data Science team, you will build machine learning models to assist in marketing and risk decisions, collaborating with a cross-functional team to drive impactful business strategies.
BankingCredit CardsFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation
Leverage a broad stack of technologies — Python, Conda, AWS, Spark, Kubeflow Pipelines, and more — to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love
Flex your interpersonal skills to translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals
Qualification
Required
Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date: A Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 5 years of experience performing data analytics
A Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) or an MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 3 years of experience performing data analytics
A PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field)
Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation
Leverage a broad stack of technologies — Python, Conda, AWS, Spark, Kubeflow Pipelines, and more — to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love
Flex your interpersonal skills to translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals
A data guru. 'Big data' doesn't faze you. You have the skills to retrieve, combine, and analyze data from a variety of sources and structures. You know understanding the data is often the key to great data science
Statistically-minded. You've built models, validated them, and backtested them. You know how to interpret a confusion matrix or a ROC curve. You have experience with clustering, classification, sentiment analysis, time series, and deep learning
Technical. You're comfortable with open-source languages and are passionate about developing further. You have hands-on experience developing data science solutions using open-source tools and cloud computing platforms
Customer first. You love the process of analyzing and creating, but also share our passion to do the right thing. You know at the end of the day it's about making the right decision for our customers
Preferred
Master's Degree in 'STEM' field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) plus 3 years of industry experience in data science, or PhD in 'STEM' field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics)
At least 1 year of experience working with AWS
At least 3 years' experience in Python
At least 3 years' experience with building machine learning models, with at least one year of experience with building GBM models
At least 3 years' experience with SQL
Benefits
Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being
Company
Capital One
Capital One is a financial services company that provides banking, credit card, auto loan, savings, and commercial banking services.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.45BKey Investors
Berkshire Hathaway
2025-09-11Post Ipo Debt· $2.75B
2025-01-30Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2023-05-15Post Ipo Equity· $954M
Leadership Team
Lo Li
CTO, Managing Vice President Retail Bank
Daniel Arellano
Senior Vice President, Business Cards and Payments
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