Capital One · 5 hours ago
Principal Associate, Data Science (Generative AI) - Capital One Auto Finance
McLean, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$144K/yr - $165K/yr
3+ years expCapital One is a leader in data-driven decision-making and is seeking a Data Scientist to join their Auto Finance business. In this role, you will leverage machine learning technologies to develop AI applications that enhance customer interactions and drive business insights.
BankingCredit CardsFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, machine learning engineers and product managers to deliver AI powered products that change how customers interact with their money
Leverage a broad stack of open source and cloud technologies to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data
Drive the development of customer-facing Generative AI applications, including novel agentic AI solutions, by expertly finetuning Large Language Models and applying reinforcement learning
Build AI/ML solutions through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, and validation; partnering with engineering teams to operationalize them in scalable and resilient production systems that serve 80+ million customers
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)
You are experienced in training and fine tuning large language models or large multimodal models as well as have expertise in one or more key subdomains such as: Reinforcement Learning, Responsible AI, Computer Vision, RLHF
You have an engineering mindset as shown by a track record of delivering models at scale both in training data and inference volumes. You have experience in delivering libraries, platforms, or solution level code to existing products
Preferred
Master's Degree in “STEM” field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) plus 3 years of experience in data analytics, or PhD in “STEM” field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics)
At least 1 year of experience working with AWS
At least 1 years of specialized experience in building GenAI applications with open source tools, beyond ChatGPT
At least 2 years of experience in NLP or Reinforcement Learning
At least 3 years' experience in Python, Scala, or R
At least 3 years' experience with machine learning
At least 3 years' experience with SQL
Benefits
Performance based incentive compensation
Cash bonus(es)
Long term incentives (LTI)
Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits
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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