Capital One · 18 hours ago
Director, Data Science
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$264K/yr - $301K/yr
7+ years expCapital One is a Fortune 200 company that has disrupted the credit card industry through data-driven decision-making. As a Data Science Leader, you will drive modeling decisions, influence business leaders, and oversee the development of machine learning models within the Intelligent Foundations and Experiences group.
BankingCredit CardsFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Partner with a cross-functional team of software engineers, distinguished researchers, and solutions architects to drive great decisions through modeling
Define and drive towards an end state that is based on simplicity and the adoption of digital technologies, cloud hosting, and open source software
Distill the details of complex interconnected modeling systems to influence senior business leaders on model strategy, business use, and risks
Assess, challenge, and at times defend state-of-the-art decision-making systems to internal and regulatory partners
Shape our practice of building machine learning models, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation
Oversee development of benchmark and challenger models to stress test critical modeling decisions
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 9 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 7 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) plus 4 years of experience performing data analytics
At least 4 years of experience leveraging open source programming languages for large scale data analysis
At least 4 years of experience working with machine learning
At least 4 years of experience utilizing relational databases
Preferred
PhD in “STEM” field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) plus 5 years of experience in data analytics
At least 5 years of experience in Python, Scala, or R for large scale data analysis
At least 5 years of experience with machine learning
At least 1 year of experience working with AWS
At least 5 years of experience with complex architectural patterns (SOA), building APIs, microservices, and event streams
At least 5 years of experience with DevOps or DevSecOps and building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Artifactory, Chef, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation templates, GitHub, and Sonar
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
Recent News
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