Join Capital One as a Senior Associate Data Scientist - Statistical Analysis in Plano, Texas

At Capital One, we think big and do big things. Recognized as a Top-10 bank by deposits, we are a high-tech, data-driven company with a nationally recognized brand. Our innovative products reach tens of millions of consumers and are celebrated for their customer-friendliness. As pioneers in cloud computing and Open Banking APIs, we are at the forefront of technological transformation in the financial services industry. Join us and shape the future of financial services with AI.

Team Description

As a Senior Associate Data Scientist at Capital One's Auto Finance business, you'll be part of a high-performing modeling and analytics team. We focus relentlessly on the craft of modeling and innovation. By leveraging cutting-edge computing and machine learning technologies, we process billions of customer records to unlock significant opportunities. Help everyday people save money, time, and stress with impactful applications such as customer lifetime valuation, product recommendation, fraud detection, and Generative AI-driven productivity improvements.

Role Description

In this role, you will:

• Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver delightful products to our customers.
• Utilize a broad technology stack, including Python, GitHub, Sagemaker, SQL, AWS, and more, to uncover insights from vast amounts of numeric and textual data.
• Build machine learning models through all development phases, from design to training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
• Use your interpersonal skills to translate complex work into tangible business objectives.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is:

• Customer-first: You prioritize analyzing and creating while maintaining a passion for making the right decisions for our customers.
• Technical: You are comfortable with open-source languages and enthusiastic about advancing your skills. You have hands-on experience developing data science solutions using open-source tools and cloud computing platforms.
• Statistically-minded: You have experience building, validating, and backtesting models, interpreting confusion matrices and ROC curves, and applying hypothesis testing, classification, clustering, time series, and causal inference.
• Innovative: You continually research and evaluate emerging technologies and current state-of-the-art methods, technologies, and applications, seeking opportunities to apply them.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of experience in data analytics, or currently pursuing a Master's Degree or PhD, with the expectation the degree will be obtained before the start date
• At least 1 year of experience with open-source programming languages for large-scale data analysis
• At least 1 year of experience with machine learning
• At least 1 year of experience with relational databases

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or PhD in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics)
• At least 2 years' experience utilizing cloud-based solutions (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• At least 2 years' experience with a broad stack of technologies (Python, GitHub, Sagemaker, SQL, R)
• Experience in advanced statistical modeling and optimization, including causal inference, hypothesis testing, linear regression, logistic regression, generalized additive models, Bayesian statistics, time-series, and non-parametric modeling

Capital One provides a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more on the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. No agencies, please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace.

We will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history in a