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Distinguished Machine Learning Engineer

at Capital One Financial

📍 4 Locations Unknown 💰 $269K – $307K USD / year Posted April 15, 2026
Salary $269K – $307K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience executive
Exp. Years At least 10 years
Education Bachelor's degree
Category AI & Machine Learning

Capital One is looking for a Distinguished Machine Learning Engineer to lead production machine learning engineering for risk technology teams. You will architect, build, and evolve ML models and software at scale, optimizing pipelines and cloud execution while mentoring and growing engineering talent.

  • Deliver ML models and software components
  • Lead large-scale ML initiatives
  • Leverage cloud-based architectures and technologies to deliver optimized ML models at scale
  • Optimize data pipelines to feed ML models
  • Develop and review model and application code while ensuring high availability and performance

You will lead end-to-end ML application design and implementation using distributed computing, cloud-based architectures, and optimized data pipelines. The stack described includes Python, Scala, C/C++, Dask, and RAPIDS, with an emphasis on high availability and performance for production systems.

The ideal candidate is a senior-to-executive level Machine Learning Engineer with 10+ years designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing. They provide technical leadership for productionizing machine learning applications, optimizing cloud architectures and data pipelines, and are experienced in Python, Scala, C/C++, Dask, and RAPIDS. They also mentor engineers and lead large-scale ML initiatives for real-time risk management outcomes.

At least 10 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computingBachelor's degreeDeliver ML models and software componentsLead large-scale ML initiativesLeverage cloud-based architectures and technologies to deliver optimized ML models at scaleOptimize data pipelines to feed ML modelsUse programming languages like PythonScalaC/C++Leverage compute technologies such as Dask and RAPIDS
DaskRAPIDSPythonScalaC/C++
machine learning architectural design decisionsmodel and application code developmenthigh availabilityperformance optimizationdistributed computingreal-time intelligent risk management productscloud-based architecturesdata pipelinesPythonScalaC/C++DaskRAPIDSEvangelize best practicesmentoring
machine learning architectural design decisionsmodel and application code developmentmodel code reviewhigh availabilityperformance optimizationdistributed computingdata-intensive solutionsreal-time intelligent risk management productsintelligent systemscloud-based architecturesdata pipelinesPythonScalaC/C++DaskRAPIDSML model lifecycle evangelizationengineering lifecycle best practices
technical leadershipmentoring other engineersrecruitingnurturing and retaining top engineering talentguiding architectural design decisionsthought leadershipcollaboration with ProductArchitectureEngineeringand Data Science teamsevangelizing best practicesworking with customer in mindstrategy and defining which modern technologies to solve problemscommunicating as a technical domain expert
Industry Banking
Job Function Architect and lead production-grade machine learning initiatives for real-time financial risk management.
Role Subtype MLOps / ML Engineering
Tech Domains Python, AI & Machine Learning, Cloud & Infrastructure
Distinguished Machine Learning EngineerMachine Learning Engineerdata-intensive solutionsdistributed computingproductionizing machine learningmachine learning applicationstechnical designimplementationmodel and application codehigh availabilityperformancecloud-based architecturesdata pipelinesPythonScalaC/C++DaskRAPIDSEvangelize best practicesmentoringarchitectural design decisions

Bachelor's degree, At least 10 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing

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