Senior Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Capital One

Senior Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Capital One focusing on productionizing ML applications. Involved in technical design and development using emerging technology platforms.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeMcLean • New York, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $229,900 - $262,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaPythonScala

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and deliver ML models and components that solve real-world business problems
Inform ML infrastructure decisions using understanding of ML modeling techniques
Solve complex problems by writing and testing application code
Collaborate as part of a cross-functional Agile team
Retrain, maintain, and monitor models in production
Leverage or build cloud-based architectures

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 8 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing
At least 4 years of experience programming with Python, Scala, or Java
At least 3 years of experience building, scaling, and optimizing ML systems
At least 2 years of experience leading teams developing ML solutions
Preferred: Master's or Doctoral Degree in computer science or similar field
Experience developing and deploying ML solutions in public cloud such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
4+ years of experience with an industry recognized ML framework
3+ years of experience developing performant, resilient, and maintainable code
3+ years of people management experience
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly

Benefits

Comp & perks

Performance based incentive compensation
Comprehensive health benefits
Financial benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learningPythonScalaJavaML systemsdistributed computingcloud-based architecturesML frameworksapplication codedata-intensive solutions

Soft Skills

problem solvingcollaborationcommunicationleadershipteam management

Certifications

Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreeDoctoral Degree