Manager, Data Science (Hiring Immediately)

Manager, Data Science

Manager , Data Scientist, Retail Bank Data Science

Data is at the center of everything we do. As a startup, we disrupted the credit card industry by individually personalizing every credit card offer using statistical modeling and the relational database, cutting edge technology in 1988! Fast-forward a few years, and this little innovation and our passion for data has skyrocketed us to a Fortune 200 company and a leader in the world of data-driven decision-making.

As a Data Scientist at Capital One, youll be part of a team thats leading the next wave of disruption at a whole new scale, using the latest in computing and machine learning technologies and operating across billions of customer records to unlock the big opportunities that help everyday people save money, time and agony in their financial lives.

Team Description

The Risk and Resiliency team in the Retail Bank builds the machine learning models that help our customers get an account, bank with the confidence that their accounts are secure, and get access to their money faster. We do data and model pipelining, machine learning, and well-managed model operations using Python, KFP, and ML libraries in our tech stacks.

Role Description

In this role, you will :

Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver an experience that helps us book more customers

Take a well-managed approach to building customer-facing decision products while also bolstering our defenses with governed vendor tools that fill a niche and complement our own models

Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation

Most critically, build connections with your partners to understand the fraud threats of today and tomorrow so you can devise a modeling roadmap that proxies fraud signal from our data, keeping the fraudsters out while making account opening a seamless experience for others

The Ideal Candidate is :

Innovative. You continually research and evaluate emerging technologies. You stay current on published state-of-the-art methods, technologies, and applications 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. Youre not afraid to share a new idea.

Technical. Youre comfortable with open-source languages and are passionate about developing further. You have hands-on experience developing and deploying data science solutions using open-source tools and cloud computing platforms.

Statistically-minded. Youve built models, validated them, and backtested them. You know how to interpret a confusion matrix and an AUPRC view. You have experience with clustering, classification, sentiment analysis, time series, and deep learning.

Basic Qualifications :

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 6 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 4 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 1 year of experience performing data analytics

At least 1 year of experience leveraging open source programming languages for large scale data analysis

At least 1 year of experience working with machine learning

At least 1 year of experience utilizing relational databases

Preferred Qualifications :

PhD in STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) plus 3 years of experience in data analytics

At least 1 year of experience working with AWS

At least 5 years experience in Python, Scala, or R for large scale data analysis

At least 5 years experience with machine learning

At least 5 years experience with SQL

Previous experience with rare event prediction, especially fraud, for credit-like decisions strongly preferred

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

McLean, VA : $193,400 - $220,700 for Mgr, Data Science

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidates offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and / or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York Citys Fair Chance Act; Philadelphias Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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