Capital One · 1 day ago
Distinguished Machine Learning Engineer
McLean, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$294K/yr - $335K/yr
10+ years expCapital One is a financial services company seeking a Distinguished Machine Learning Engineer to provide technical leadership in productionizing machine learning applications. The role involves designing, developing, and implementing machine learning systems while mentoring other engineers and ensuring high performance and availability of applications.
BankingCredit CardsFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Deliver ML models and software components that solve challenging business problems in the financial services industry, working in collaboration with the Product, Architecture, Engineering, and Data Science teams
Drive the creation and evolution of ML models and software that enable state-of-the-art intelligent systems
Lead large-scale ML initiatives with the customer in mind
Leverage cloud-based architectures and technologies to deliver optimized ML models at scale
Optimize data pipelines to feed ML models
Use programming languages like Python, Scala, C/C++
Leverage compute technologies such as Dask and RAPIDS
Evangelize best practices in all aspects of the engineering and modeling lifecycles
Help recruit, nurture, and retain top engineering talent
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
At least 10 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing
At least 6 years of experience programming in C, C++, Python, or Scala
At least 3 years of experience with the full ML development lifecycle using modern technology in a business critical setting
Preferred
Master's Degree
3+ years of experience designing, implementing, and scaling production-ready data pipelines that feed ML models
2+ years of experience using Dask, RAPIDS, or in High Performance Computing
2+ years of experience with the PyData ecosystem (NumPy, Pandas, and Scikit-learn)
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to a variety of audiences
ML industry impact through conference presentations, papers, blog posts, or open source contributions
Ability to attract and develop high-performing software engineers with an inspiring leadership style
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
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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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