Capital One · 16 hours ago
Principal Associate, Data Scientist - AI Foundations
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$159K/yr - $181K/yr
3+ years expCapital One is a Fortune 200 company at the forefront of data-driven decision-making. As a Data Scientist in the AI Foundations team, you will partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products, leveraging advanced machine learning technologies to enhance customer experiences.
BankingCredit CardsFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver AI powered products that customers love
Leverage a broad stack of technologies — PyTorch, Keras, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, transformers, and more — to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data
Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation
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)
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
Innovative. You continually research and evaluate emerging technologies. You stay current on published state-of-the-art methods, technologies, and applications in the area of deep learning, natural language processing and recommendation & personalization and seek out opportunities to apply them
Creative. You thrive on bringing definition to big, undefined problems. You love asking questions and pushing hard to find answers. You're not afraid to share a new idea
With an engineering mindset as shown by a track record of delivering models at scale both in terms of training data and inference volumes. Experience in delivering libraries, platform level code to existing products
A leader. You challenge conventional thinking and work with stakeholders to identify and improve the status quo. You're passionate about talent development for your own team and beyond
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)
Specialized experience in the fields of Information Retrieval, NLP, Data-centric AI, and Knowledge Graphs
At least 3 years' experience in PyTorch/Tensorflow
At least 3 years' experience with machine learning
At least 1 year of experience working with AWS
Benefits
Performance based incentive compensation
Cash bonus(es)
Long term incentives (LTI)
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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