Senior Associate, Data Scientist - Applied AI (Financial Services)

Capital One is seeking a Senior Associate Data Scientist focused on Applied AI for Financial Services in Plano, TX (onsite).

Responsibilities

• Work with a cross-functional group of data scientists, machine learning engineers, and product managers to deliver Generative AI solutions customers will use.
• Use a broad technology stack to build Multi-Agent systems and advanced RAG pipelines over large volumes of numeric and textual data.
• Build and deploy Generative AI models across development stages, including context engineering, fine-tuning, evaluation, validation, and deployment.
• Apply strong communication skills to translate technical work into clear business goals.

Requirements

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with the expectation the degree will be completed on or before the scheduled start date:
  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related quantitative field) plus 2 years of experience performing data analytics.
  • Master’s degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, or related quantitative field).

Technologies

• Python, PyTorch, LangChain, AWS, Spark, Vector Databases
• SQL, Scala, R

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) or PhD in a STEM field.
• At least 2 years of experience in Python, Scala, or R.
• At least 2 years of experience with machine learning.
• At least 2 years of experience with SQL.
• At least 1 year of experience in AI, Information Retrieval, Deep Learning, or NLP.

Ideal Candidate Attributes

• Innovative: continually research and evaluate emerging technologies and stay current on state-of-the-art methods, technologies, and applications.
• Creative: bring structure to large, undefined problems and share new ideas.
• Technical: comfortable using open-source languages and developing data science solutions using open-source tools and cloud computing platforms.
• Statistically-minded: build, validate, and backtest models; interpret confusion matrices or ROC curves; experience with clustering, classification, sentiment analysis, time series, and deep learning.

Benefits

• Performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI).
• Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive health, financial, and other benefits to support total well-being.

Compensation (by location)

• Plano, TX: $123,300 - $140,700 per year
• McLean, VA: $135,600 - $154,800 per year (for Sr Assoc, Data Science)
• Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the annualized salary offered at hire will be reflected in the offer letter.

Location and Entity Notes

• Location: Plano, TX (onsite)
• Capital One Financial includes multiple entities: positions in Canada are for Capital One Canada; positions in the United Kingdom are for Capital One Europe; positions in the Philippines are for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).