Principal Associate, Data Scientist - Us Card (applied Genai)

Capital One

McLean, VA, US
Base: $161,800 - $184,600 (mclean, va) or $176,500...
Unstructured data analysis (text, image)
Open source llms and vlms expertise
Python, scala, or r programming
This role focuses on applying generative AI to unstructured data sources like text, images, and audio to solve customer friction issues

Job Summary

  • This role focuses on applying generative AI to unstructured data sources like text, images, and audio to solve customer friction issues.
  • The team builds scalable production systems serving over 80 million customers using open-source large language models and visual language models.
  • Candidates will define requirements for AI observability to ensure autonomous decisions remain within risk appetite while maintaining comprehensive audit trails.

Matching Summary

This role focuses on applying generative AI to unstructured data sources like text, images, and audio to solve customer friction issues.

Salary

Base: $161,800 - $184,600 (McLean, VA) or $176,500 - $201,400 (New York, NY); Bonus/Equity: Performance based incentive compensation including cash bonuses and/or long term incentives; Benefits: Comprehensive health, financial, and other benefits included

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Unstructured data analysis (text, image)
  • Open source LLMs and VLMs expertise
  • Python, Scala, or R programming
  • Machine learning model development lifecycle
  • AWS cloud computing platform experience

Nice-to-have

  • LangGraph and LlamaIndex tooling
  • Hugging Face and PyTorch frameworks
  • AI observability and audit trail design
  • Customer-first decision making mindset
  • Stakeholder collaboration and leadership

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree plus 5 years experience OR Master's/PhD plus 3 years
  • Quantitative field degree (Statistics, CS, Math, etc.)
  • At least 1 year AWS experience
  • At least 3 years Python, Scala, or R experience
  • At least 3 years machine learning experience
  • At least 3 years SQL experience
  • At least 2 years relational database experience
  • At least 2 years AI/ML tools experience

Work Rights

Not specified

Sponsorship: available

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