Capital One

Principal Associate, Data Science – AI Foundations

Capital One

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: McLeanCaliforniaNew YorkUnited 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.
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonAWSPysparkLangChainLangGraphHuggingFace TransformersvLLMVectorDBsNatural Language ProcessingMachine Learning
Soft Skills
collaborationleadershipinnovationcommunicationproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreePhD