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Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Capital One

Riverwoods, Illinois, U.S.
Full-time, Regular
Posted Sep 03, 2025
Onsite

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About the role

Lead Machine Learning Engineer (MLE) at Capital One. As a Capital One Machine Learning Engineer (MLE), you’ll be part of an Agile team building models and productionizing machine learning applications and systems at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and/or deliver ML models and components that solve real-world business problems
  • Inform ML infrastructure decisions using your understanding of ML modeling techniques and issues
  • Solve complex problems by writing and testing application code
  • Collaborate as part of a cross-functional Agile team to create and enhance software
  • 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
  • Ensure all code is well-managed to reduce vulnerabilities
  • Ensure models are well-governed from a risk perspective
  • Use programming languages like Python, Scala, or Java

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • At least 6 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing
  • At least 4 years of experience programming with Python, Scala, or Java
  • At least 2 years of experience building, scaling, and optimizing ML systems

Benefits

  • 401k matching
  • Health insurance
  • Flight privileges
  • Long-term incentives (LTI)
  • Cash bonus(es)

About the Company

Capital One is a leading global bank that offers a wide range of financial services to individuals, businesses, and institutions.

Job Details

Salary Range

$175,800 - $200,700/yearly

Location

Riverwoods, Illinois, U.S.

Employment Type

Full-time, Regular

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