✦ Luna Orbit — AI & Machine Learning

Lead Machine Learning Engineer

at Capital One Financial

📍 McLean, VA Unknown 💰 $197K – $225K USD / year Posted March 26, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $197K – $225K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 6+ years
Education Bachelor's Degree
Category AI & Machine Learning

About this role

This role involves leading the development and deployment of machine learning models at scale, focusing on architecture, model training, and responsible AI within an agile team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design ML models
  • Build data pipelines
  • Optimize models
  • Collaborate with data science teams
  • Ensure high availability of ML applications

Technical Overview

Stack includes Python, Scala, Java, ML frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch, data pipelines, cloud architectures, and scalable ML systems.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior machine learning engineer with 6+ years of experience in designing and deploying ML models, proficient in Python, Scala, or Java, with experience in ML frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch, and familiar with cloud architectures.

Must-Have Skills

Bachelor's Degreeat least 6 years of experience designing and building data solutionsat least 4 years programming with PythonScalaor Javaat least 2 years building ML systems

Nice-to-Have Skills

Master's or Doctoral Degree3+ years industry ML framework experience3+ years building production data pipelinesexperience with scikit-learnPyTorchDaskSparkTensorFlow

Tools & Platforms

PythonScalaJavascikit-learnPyTorchDaskSparkTensorFlowCloud platforms

Required Skills

PythonScalaJavaML modelsData pipelinesModel trainingHyperparameter tuningModel validationML frameworksscikit-learnPyTorchDaskSparkTensorFlowCloud architectures

Hard Skills

PythonScalaJavaMachine LearningML modelsData pipelinesModel trainingHyperparameter tuningModel validationML frameworksscikit-learnPyTorchDaskSparkTensorFlowCloud architecturesData engineering

Soft Skills

collaborativeproblem-solvingcommunicationlearning mindsetteamwork

Industry & Role

Industry Financial Technology
Job Function Lead scalable machine learning engineering projects and systems
Role Subtype Machine Learning Engineer
Tech Domains Python, Scala, Java, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Spark, Dask, Machine Learning

Clearance & Visa

Clearance Required None
Visa Sponsorship No

Keywords for Your Resume

machine learningML modelsdata pipelinesmodel traininghyperparameter tuningmodel validationPythonScalaJavaML frameworksscikit-learnPyTorchDaskSparkTensorFlowcloud architecturesdata engineering

Deal Breakers

Lack of ML experience, No experience with ML frameworks, No data pipeline experience, No cloud architecture knowledge, Bachelor's degree not held

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