Capital One

Financial Services

LeadMachineLearningEngineer

$197–225k McLean, Virginia, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Lead candidates.

The Brief

“Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Capital One. Skills: Machine Learning Engineering, ML Systems, Data Pipelines, Cloud Architectures. Design ML models. Build ML models”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Solve complex problems

Eligibility Requirements

No immigration support

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's Degree, 6+ years data-intensive solutions, 4+ years Python, Scala, or Java, 2+ years ML systems

Nice to Have

Master's or Doctoral Degree, 3+ years production data pipelines, 3+ years scikit-learn, PyTorch, Dask, Spark, or TensorFlow, 2+ years performant code, 2+ years data gathering and preparation, 1+ years leading ML teams, Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, Experience designing complex data pipelines, ML industry impact, Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling

What You'll Do.

Solve business problems

Inform ML infrastructure decisions

Write application code

Test application code

Leverage cloud architectures

Build cloud architectures

Deliver optimized ML models

Construct data pipelines

Ensure successful deployment

Reduce vulnerabilities

Follow AI best practices

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Agile team; Cross-functional team; Product teams; Data Science teams

Process & Methodology

Agile

Full Job Description

Lead Machine Learning Engineer As a Capital One Machine Learning Engineer (MLE), you'll be part of an Agile team dedicated to productionizing machine learning applications and systems at scale. You’ll participate in the detailed technical design, development, and implementation of machine learning applications using existing and emerging technology platforms. You’ll focus on machine learning architectural design, develop and review model and application code, and ensure high availability and performance of our machine learning applications. You'll have the opportunity to continuously learn and apply the latest innovations and best practices in machine learning engineering. **What You’ll Do:** The MLE role overlaps with many disciplines, such as Ops, Modeling, and Data Engineering. In this role, you'll be expected to perform many ML engineering activities, including one or more of the following: * Design, build, and/or deliver ML models and components that solve real-world business problems, while working in collaboration with the Product and Data Science teams * Inform your ML infrastructure decisions using your understanding of ML modeling techniques and issues, including choice of model, data, and feature selection, model training, hyperparameter tuning, dimensionality, bias/variance, and validation) * Solve complex problems by writing and testing application code, developing and validating ML models, and automating tests and deployment * Collaborate as part of a cross-functional Agile team to create and enhance software that enables state-of-the-art big data and ML applications * Retrain, maintain, and monitor models in production * Leverage or build cloud-based architectures, technologies, and/or platforms to deliver optimized ML models at scale. * Construct optimized data pipelines to feed ML models * Leverage continuous integration and continuous deployment best practices, including test automation and monitoring, to ensure successful deployment of ML models a

Free ATS check

Applying for this Lead Machine Learning Engineer role?

Most applicants get filtered before a human reads their resume. See if yours makes the cut.

How to Apply on Workday

  • Workday has a multi-step form — save your progress after every section.
  • "Apply With LinkedIn" can fail or lose data; manual entry is more reliable.
  • Watch for the "Submit for Review" final step — hitting "Save" alone does not submit.
  • Job requisition numbers are useful when following up with HR by email.

ANONYMOUS · UNFILTERED

What do employees actually say about Capital One?

Real rants from real employees. Read before you apply.

Read Company Rants →