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Manager, Data Science

McLean, VA, US💼 Full-time💰 $197,300–$197,300🗓 2026-09-30

Core

Lead an elite Applied AI team to architect and deploy personalized recommendation engines and foundation models for Capital One's web and mobile applications, serving billions of customer interactions.

Role type

Manager, Data Science (Applied AI / Foundation Models)

Builds

High-scale personalized recommendation engines, Transformer-based architectures, and Reinforcement Learning systems

Domain

Financial Services / Machine Learning / AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine learning, statistical modeling, relational databases, Python, SQL, cloud computing, team leadership, stakeholder management

Preferred skills

PhD in STEM, Python/Scala/R, AWS, advanced ML techniques

Technologies

Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark, Transformer architectures, Reinforcement Learning

Responsibilities

Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-centric products, build ML models through full development lifecycle, research and evaluate emerging technologies, mentor team members, translate technical complexity into business goals

Seniority

Manager, hands-on IC with team leadership

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