Principal Associate, Data Scientist – MS CLIP Valuations

Capital One

Data Scientist at Capital One building innovative credit tools and influencing P&L with cutting-edge data science. Collaborating with analysts to shape lending strategy.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeRichmond • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $161,800 - $184,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSPythonScalaSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build innovative tools: Design and develop a suite of sophisticated credit tools.
Collaborate and learn: Work closely with credit analysts to support and define our credit and lending strategy.
Drive business impact: Your work will directly influence the P&L of our largest lending program.
Partner with experts: Interact heavily with credit analysts and data science partners.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field plus 5 years of experience performing data analytics
Master's Degree in a quantitative field or an MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 3 years of experience performing data analytics
PhD in a quantitative field
Master’s Degree in “STEM” field plus 3 years of experience in data analytics, or PhD in “STEM” 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

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analyticsPythonScalaRmachine learningSQLAWS

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem-solving

Certifications

Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreePhD