Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Capital One Financial

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cambridge, MAMcLean, VARichmond, VA
Salary
$197,300–$225,100 / yr
Posted
9 days ago

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This role $211k
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This role pays less than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $195,000–$249,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $211k versus about $222k for comparable roles.

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About Capital One Financial

Capital One Financial is a bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings products, known for its data-driven approach to consumer and commercial finance. Industry: Financial Services & Banking

Capital One Financial currently has 800 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 795 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Machine Learning Engineer

As a Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Capital One's Risk Tech team, you will work closely with cross-functional teams including data scientists and product managers to develop AI-powered solutions that enhance risk management and customer experience. Your day-to-day responsibilities include designing, testing, deploying, and supporting machine learning components, fine-tuning models, and collaborating on the long-term technical vision for AI systems. You will leverage a broad stack of open-source and SaaS technologies while ensuring your ML infrastructure decisions are informed by deep understanding of modeling techniques. Ideal candidates possess extensive experience in Python, Scala, or Java, building scalable ML systems, and deploying solutions in public clouds like AWS Bedrock, Google Cloud, or Azure. This role demands strategic thinking aligned with business needs, technical maturity, and a collaborative mindset to drive impactful AI innovations at scale.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, and support AI software components using machine learning models.
  • Fine-tune and evaluate machine learning and foundation models for risk management solutions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create and enhance software utilizing state-of-the-art AI capabilities.
  • Contribute thought leadership to the long-term roadmap of pioneering AI systems at Capital One.
  • Inform ML infrastructure decisions by understanding modeling techniques and issues.
  • Build, scale, and optimize machine learning systems for production environments.

What we're looking for

  • At least 6 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing.
  • At least 4 years of programming experience with Python, Scala, or Java.
  • At least 2 years of experience building, scaling, and optimizing ML systems.
  • Experience with industry-recognized ML frameworks such as scikit-learn, PyTorch, Dask, Spark, or TensorFlow.
  • Ability to design, implement, and scale complex data pipelines for ML models.
  • Strong technical maturity in engineering and mathematics, with resilient problem-solving skills.
  • Experience deploying scalable AI/ML solutions in public clouds like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.

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