Senior Manager, Data Scientist - Applied AI

Capital One Financial

Actively hiring
Mclean, Va, US Posted 78 days ago $229,900$262,400 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Senior Manager of Data Science in the Card Genesis team at Capital One, you will lead a cross-functional group to develop and deploy advanced AI models that enhance customer interactions with financial services. Your daily work involves collaborating with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to leverage technologies like Pytorch, AWS Ultraclusters, Hugging Face, and LangChain for analyzing vast datasets. You will specialize in Natural Language Processing (NLP) to fine-tune large language models for customer-facing applications, ensuring they are scalable and resilient in production systems serving 80+ million users. Additionally, you will communicate complex technical insights effectively to align with business objectives, requiring expertise in training optimization, self-supervised learning, and reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF).

Skills

Pytorch AWS Hugging Face LangChain VectorDBs NLP LLMs Transformer CI/CD Python PostgreSQL Kubernetes Docker Prometheus Grafana RFHF Self-supervised learning Training optimization Model explainability

What you'll do

  • Lead the development of state-of-the-art Gen AI models using Pytorch and AWS Ultraclusters.
  • Fine-tune Large Language Models (LLMs) for customer-facing applications and features.
  • Design and operationalize sequence models in scalable production systems serving millions of users.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to evaluate and validate AI models throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Translate complex model explainability into tangible business goals and objectives.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs).
  • Hands-on expertise with advanced ML/DL technologies, including PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, and Hugging Face.
  • Proven ability to build and operationalize AI models at scale for customer-facing applications.
  • Strong background in training language or large computer vision models using open-source tools and cloud platforms.
  • Experience in delivering scalable solutions through libraries, platforms, or solution-level code.
  • Deep knowledge in key subdomains like self-supervised learning, explainability, and RLHF.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Market check

Salary context

This $229,900–$262,400 range sits above 88% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$135,320$225,100

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$162,000$224,062

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 489 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 483 roles with salary data.

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