
Principal Associate, Data Science – AI Foundations
Capital One
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: McLean • California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $161,800 - $201,400 per year
About the role
- Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, machine learning engineers and product managers to deliver AI powered products that change how developers write software.
- Lead cutting-edge research and development in Generative AI (GenAI) to enhance conversational AI capabilities and build scalable, futuristic digital assistant solutions.
- Fine-tune advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) for domain-specific conversational applications, inference optimization, and multi-agentic workflows.
- Leverage a broad stack of technologies — Python, AWS, Pyspark, LangChain, LangGraph, HuggingFace Transformers, vLLM and VectorDBs, and more.
- Be the expert in Natural Language Processing (NLP) to harness the power of Large Language Models (LLMs), adapt and finetune them for business specific applications and features.
- Drive innovation by designing, training, evaluating, and deploying state-of-the-art NLP models, partnering with engineering teams to integrate them into scalable and resilient production systems.
- Translate complex AI/ML research into tangible business outcomes, improving customer experience through real-time, intelligent digital assistance.
Requirements
- Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field plus 5 years of experience performing data analytics
- A Master's Degree in a quantitative field or an MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 3 years of experience performing data analytics
- A PhD in a quantitative field
- At least 1 year of experience working with AWS
- At least 3 years’ experience in Python, Scala, or R
- At least 3 years’ experience with machine learning
- At least 3 years’ experience with SQL
Benefits
- Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonAWSPysparkLangChainLangGraphHuggingFace TransformersvLLMVectorDBsNatural Language ProcessingMachine Learning
Soft Skills
collaborationleadershipinnovationcommunicationproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreePhD