Senior Associate Data Scientist, People Strategy & Analytics

Capital One Financial

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Work type: On-site
Location: McLean, VA
Salary: $135,600–$154,800 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 10 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday

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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 2253 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Associate Data Scientist, People Strategy & Analytics

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The Senior Associate, Data Scientist - People Strategy & Analytics joins the People Strategy & Analytics team to shape critical talent decisions and strategy. In this role, you will support the development of natural language processing and machine learning models through all phases, from design to implementation. You will apply expertise in open source large language models through prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, and evaluation metric frameworks. Collaborating with a cross-functional team, you will build AI-powered products and HR tools to understand associate behavior and improve efficiency. You will leverage a technical stack including Python, SQL, AWS, LangChain, Hugging Face Transformers, VectorDBs, and Pytorch/TensorFlow. This position solves business problems by applying analytics, artificial intelligence, and social science to human capital data to inform talent policy.

What does a Data Scientist earn in Virginia?

Median $162000 from 88 postings across 8 companies.

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Skills

Python SQL AWS Machine Learning Natural Language Processing LLMs Prompt Engineering RAG LangChain Hugging Face VectorDBs PyTorch TensorFlow Deep Learning Sentiment Analysis Time Series Snowflake Relational Databases

What you'll do

Develop natural language processing and machine learning models from design through implementation.
Apply expertise in open source large language models using prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation.
Build AI-powered products and HR tools in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Utilize Python, SQL, AWS, and Hugging Face to analyze large volumes of numeric and textual data.
Translate complex data science findings into actionable business outcomes for internal stakeholders.
Research and evaluate emerging technologies to improve talent decision-making and HR efficiency.

What we're looking for

A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field plus 2 years of data analytics experience is required.
A Master's degree in a quantitative field or an MBA with a quantitative concentration is accepted.
A Master's or PhD in a STEM field is preferred.
At least 2 years of experience in Python is required.
At least 2 years of experience in machine learning is required.
At least 2 years of experience with SQL is required.
At least 1 year of experience with relational databases such as Snowflake is required.
At least 1 year of experience with AI/ML tools like Hugging Face, VectorDBs, or PyTorch/TensorFlow is required.

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