Senior Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Capital One Financial

Confirmed live yesterday Low trust

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
McLean, VA
Salary
$229,900–$262,400 / yr
Posted
93 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $225k
This role $246k
$175k most similar roles pay here $275k

This role pays more than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $195,112–$254,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $246k versus about $225k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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 998 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 992 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Capital One Financial

At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Sr. Lead Machine Learning Engineer joins an Agile team focused on productionizing machine learning applications and systems at scale. This role involves technical design, development, and implementation of machine learning applications while ensuring high availability and performance. Key responsibilities include building models to solve real-world business problems, making infrastructure decisions regarding model training and feature selection, constructing optimized data pipelines, and automating tests and deployment. The candidate will manage the full lifecycle by retraining, maintaining, and monitoring models in production while adhering to Responsible and Explainable AI practices. Required skills include proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java, along with experience using frameworks like scikit-learn, PyTorch, Dask, Spark, or TensorFlow. The role addresses the technical challenge of delivering optimized machine learning models through cloud-based architectures and robust software engineering within a complex data environment.

What you'll do

  • Design, build, and deliver machine learning models and components to solve real-world business problems.
  • Develop and review high-quality application code using Python, Scala, or Java.
  • Construct optimized data pipelines to feed machine learning models.
  • Build and manage cloud-based architectures to deliver optimized ML models at scale.
  • Retrain, maintain, and monitor machine learning models in production environments.
  • Implement CI/CD best practices, including test automation and monitoring, for model deployment.
  • Ensure all models follow best practices regarding Responsible and Explainable AI.
  • Inform infrastructure decisions based on modeling techniques like feature selection, hyperparameter tuning, and validation.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field.
  • 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.
  • Master's or Doctoral Degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a similar field.
  • Experience deploying ML solutions in public clouds like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
  • 4+ years of experience with industry-recognized ML frameworks such as scikit-learn, PyTorch, Dask, Spark, or TensorFlow.

More like this

Similar roles

Senior Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Capital One Financial

McLean, VA 93 days ago $229,900$262,400
Machine Learning Python Scala Java PyTorch TensorFlow scikit-learn Spark Dask AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Data Pipelines Distributed Computing Agile Explainable AI
8+ yrs exp

Senior Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Capital One Financial

McLean, VA +3 72 days ago $229,900$262,400
Machine Learning Python Scala Java Spark PyTorch TensorFlow scikit-learn Dask AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Data Pipelines Distributed Computing Agile Explainable AI
8+ yrs exp

Senior Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Capital One Financial

McLean, VA 45 days ago $229,900$262,400
Machine Learning Python Scala Java PyTorch TensorFlow scikit-learn Spark Dask AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Data Pipelines Distributed Computing Agile Explainable AI
8+ yrs exp

Senior Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Capital One Financial

Chicago, IL +1 10 days ago $209,000$238,500
Machine Learning Python Scala Java PyTorch TensorFlow scikit-learn Spark Dask AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Data Pipelines Distributed Computing Agile Explainable AI
8+ yrs exp

Senior Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Capital One Financial

McLean, VA +3 50 days ago $229,900$262,400
Machine Learning Python Scala Java PyTorch TensorFlow scikit-learn Spark Dask AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Data Pipelines Distributed Computing Agile
8+ yrs exp

Senior Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Capital One Financial

McLean, VA +4 7 days ago $229,900$262,400
Machine Learning Python Scala Java PyTorch TensorFlow scikit-learn Spark Dask AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Data Pipelines Distributed Computing Agile Explainable AI
8+ yrs exp