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Manager, Data Scientist, Recommendation & Personalization Systems

full-timePosted: Jan 14, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Data is at the center of everything we do. As a startup, we disrupted the credit card industry by individually personalizing every credit card offer using statistical modeling and the relational database, cutting edge technology in 1988! Fast-forward a few years, and this little innovation and our passion for data has skyrocketed us to a Fortune 200 company and a leader in the world of data-driven decision-making.As a Data Scientist at Capital One, you’ll be part of a team that’s leading the next wave of disruption at a whole new scale, using the latest in computing and machine learning technologies and operating across billions of customer records to unlock the big opportunities that help everyday people save money, time and agony in their financial lives.Team DescriptionJoin an elite Applied AI team within AI Foundations, operating at the intersection of deep research and massive real-world impact. We are pioneering the next generation of personalized customer experiences across Capital One's web and mobile applications, leveraging our high-scale ML models. Our core mission involves architecting and deploying cutting-edge personalized recommendation engines. This is powered by original research into homegrown Foundation Models, advanced Reinforcement Learning techniques, and a state-of-the-art scalable architecture built for billions of interactions. Our research agenda is at the forefront of the field, actively focusing on areas such as Causal Inference, Transformer-based architectures, and sophisticated Recommender SystemsRole DescriptionIn this role, you will:
  • Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love

  • Leverage a broad stack of technologies — Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark, and more — to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data

  • Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation

  • Flex your interpersonal skills to translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals

  • The Ideal Candidate is:
  • Customer first. You love the process of analyzing and creating, but also share our passion to do the right thing. You know at the end of the day it’s about making the right decision for our customers.

  • Innovative. You continually research and evaluate emerging technologies. You stay current on published state-of-the-art methods, technologies, and applications and seek out opportunities to apply them.

  • Technical. You’re comfortable with open-source languages and are passionate about developing further. You have hands-on experience developing data science solutions using open-source tools and cloud computing platforms.

  • A data guru. “Big data” doesn’t faze you. You have the skills to retrieve, combine, and analyze data from a variety of sources and structures. You know understanding the data is often the key to great data science.

  • Basic Qualifications:
  • Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date:

    • A Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 6 years of experience performing data analytics

    • A Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field)  or an MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 4 years of experience performing data analytics

    • A PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 1 year of experience performing data analytics

  • At least 1 year of experience leveraging open source programming languages for large scale data analysis

  • At least 1 year of experience working with machine learning

  • At least 1 year of experience utilizing relational databases

  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • PhD in “STEM” field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) plus 3 years of experience in data analytics

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience building, deploying, and maintaining high-scale, production-grade ML systems using MLOps practices, including AWS, Kubeflow, and CI/CD pipelines

  • Deep expertise (4+ years) in developing and optimizing state-of-the-art Deep Learning models, specifically Transformer-based architectures, using PyTorch and distributed training with multi-GPU optimization

  • Extensive experience (4+ years) with high-performance, distributed data processing for petabyte-scale feature engineering using frameworks like DASK and PySpark

  • Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.









    Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.comCapital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

    Locations

    • McLean, Virginia, United States
    • New York, New York, United States
    • San Jose, California McLean, VirginiaMcLean

    Salary

    Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence

    80,000 - 135,000 USD / yearly

    * This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.

    Skills Required

    • Machine learningintermediate
    • Data analyticsintermediate
    • Pythonintermediate
    • Open source programming languagesintermediate
    • Relational databasesintermediate
    • AWSintermediate
    • Sparkintermediate
    • PyTorchintermediate
    • Transformer-based architecturesintermediate

    Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor's Degree in quantitative field plus 6 years data analytics experience, or Master's plus 4 years, or PhD plus 1 year (experience)
    • At least 1 year of experience leveraging open source programming languages for large scale data analysis (experience)
    • At least 1 year of experience working with machine learning (experience)
    • At least 1 year of experience utilizing relational databases (experience)

    Responsibilities

    • Partner with cross-functional team to deliver products
    • Leverage technologies to reveal insights from large data volumes
    • Build machine learning models through all phases of development
    • Translate complex work into tangible business goals

    Benefits

    • general: Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits

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    Manager, Data Scientist, Recommendation & Personalization Systems

    full-timePosted: Jan 14, 2026

    Job Description

    Overview

    Data is at the center of everything we do. As a startup, we disrupted the credit card industry by individually personalizing every credit card offer using statistical modeling and the relational database, cutting edge technology in 1988! Fast-forward a few years, and this little innovation and our passion for data has skyrocketed us to a Fortune 200 company and a leader in the world of data-driven decision-making.As a Data Scientist at Capital One, you’ll be part of a team that’s leading the next wave of disruption at a whole new scale, using the latest in computing and machine learning technologies and operating across billions of customer records to unlock the big opportunities that help everyday people save money, time and agony in their financial lives.Team DescriptionJoin an elite Applied AI team within AI Foundations, operating at the intersection of deep research and massive real-world impact. We are pioneering the next generation of personalized customer experiences across Capital One's web and mobile applications, leveraging our high-scale ML models. Our core mission involves architecting and deploying cutting-edge personalized recommendation engines. This is powered by original research into homegrown Foundation Models, advanced Reinforcement Learning techniques, and a state-of-the-art scalable architecture built for billions of interactions. Our research agenda is at the forefront of the field, actively focusing on areas such as Causal Inference, Transformer-based architectures, and sophisticated Recommender SystemsRole DescriptionIn this role, you will:
  • Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love

  • Leverage a broad stack of technologies — Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark, and more — to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data

  • Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation

  • Flex your interpersonal skills to translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals

  • The Ideal Candidate is:
  • Customer first. You love the process of analyzing and creating, but also share our passion to do the right thing. You know at the end of the day it’s about making the right decision for our customers.

  • Innovative. You continually research and evaluate emerging technologies. You stay current on published state-of-the-art methods, technologies, and applications and seek out opportunities to apply them.

  • Technical. You’re comfortable with open-source languages and are passionate about developing further. You have hands-on experience developing data science solutions using open-source tools and cloud computing platforms.

  • A data guru. “Big data” doesn’t faze you. You have the skills to retrieve, combine, and analyze data from a variety of sources and structures. You know understanding the data is often the key to great data science.

  • Basic Qualifications:
  • Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date:

    • A Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 6 years of experience performing data analytics

    • A Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field)  or an MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 4 years of experience performing data analytics

    • A PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 1 year of experience performing data analytics

  • At least 1 year of experience leveraging open source programming languages for large scale data analysis

  • At least 1 year of experience working with machine learning

  • At least 1 year of experience utilizing relational databases

  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • PhD in “STEM” field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) plus 3 years of experience in data analytics

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience building, deploying, and maintaining high-scale, production-grade ML systems using MLOps practices, including AWS, Kubeflow, and CI/CD pipelines

  • Deep expertise (4+ years) in developing and optimizing state-of-the-art Deep Learning models, specifically Transformer-based architectures, using PyTorch and distributed training with multi-GPU optimization

  • Extensive experience (4+ years) with high-performance, distributed data processing for petabyte-scale feature engineering using frameworks like DASK and PySpark

  • Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.









    Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.comCapital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

    Locations

    • McLean, Virginia, United States
    • New York, New York, United States
    • San Jose, California McLean, VirginiaMcLean

    Salary

    Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence

    80,000 - 135,000 USD / yearly

    * This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.

    Skills Required

    • Machine learningintermediate
    • Data analyticsintermediate
    • Pythonintermediate
    • Open source programming languagesintermediate
    • Relational databasesintermediate
    • AWSintermediate
    • Sparkintermediate
    • PyTorchintermediate
    • Transformer-based architecturesintermediate

    Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor's Degree in quantitative field plus 6 years data analytics experience, or Master's plus 4 years, or PhD plus 1 year (experience)
    • At least 1 year of experience leveraging open source programming languages for large scale data analysis (experience)
    • At least 1 year of experience working with machine learning (experience)
    • At least 1 year of experience utilizing relational databases (experience)

    Responsibilities

    • Partner with cross-functional team to deliver products
    • Leverage technologies to reveal insights from large data volumes
    • Build machine learning models through all phases of development
    • Translate complex work into tangible business goals

    Benefits

    • general: Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits

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