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Machine Learning Engineer

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Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Python, AWS, Big Data) - Auto Loan Valuations & Insights 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 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.

We’re currently seeking talented individuals to join our Valuations and Insights Team at Capital One Auto, a cross‑functional group for Business Analysts, Data Scientists, Data Engineers and Software Engineers, dedicated to building machine learning products to accurately assess loan valuations. This is a unique chance to build applications for both batch and real‑time use cases leveraging modern AWS infrastructure (EMR, Lambda) and Capital One Platforms.

What You’ll Do In The Role

Design, build, and deliver ML models and components that solve real‑world business problems, 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 and application code.

Ensure all code is well‑managed to reduce vulnerabilities, models are well‑governed from a risk perspective, and the ML follows best practices in responsible and explainable AI.

Use programming languages like Python, Scala, or Java.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree.

At least 4 years of experience programming with Python, Scala, or Java (internship experience does not apply).

At least 3 years of experience designing and building data‑intensive solutions using distributed computing.

At least 2 years of on‑the‑job experience with an industry‑recognized ML framework (scikit‑learn, PyTorch, Dask, Spark, or TensorFlow).

At least 1 year of experience productionizing, monitoring, and maintaining models.

Preferred Qualifications

1+ years of experience building, scaling, and optimizing ML systems.

1+ years of experience with data gathering and preparation for ML models.

2+ years of experience developing performant, resilient, and maintainable code.

Experience developing and deploying ML solutions in a public cloud such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

Master’s or doctoral degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a similar field.

3+ years of experience with distributed file systems or multi‑node database paradigms.

Contributed to open‑source ML software.

Authored or co‑authored a paper on an ML technique, model, or proof of concept.

3+ years of experience building production‑ready data pipelines that feed ML models.

Experience designing, implementing, and scaling complex data pipelines for ML models and evaluating their performance.

Salary and Location McLean, VA: $158,600 – $181,000. Plano, TX: $144,200 – $164,600. Salaries for other locations are specified in the offer letter.

Benefits Capital One offers 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer Capital One is an equal‑opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/veteran) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace. Capital One will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901‑4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

For accommodations during the application process, please contact Capital One Recruiting at [phone removed] or via email at [email removed]. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

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