✦ Luna Orbit — AI & Machine Learning

Manager, Data Scientist - Credit Line Increase Program

at Discover Financial Services

📍 McLean, VA Onsite 💰 $197K – $225K USD / year Posted April 01, 2026
Salary $197K – $225K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 1+ years
Education Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field) with time-qualified years or higher
Category AI & Machine Learning

Manager-level data science role focused on credit line increase program, building and deploying ML models on large datasets, with cross-functional collaboration and governance.

  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver ML-enabled products
  • Leverage a broad tech stack to reveal insights
  • Build ML models through all development phases
  • Translate complexity into business goals
  • Lead and mentor team

Stack includes Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark; emphasis on ML modeling, data retrieval from relational databases, and end-to-end model lifecycle.

The ideal candidate is an experienced data scientist manager with 4+ years of ML, strong Python/SQL, and AWS experience, capable of leading end-to-end model lifecycles for credit-line optimization in a banking context.

Currently hasor is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date: Bachelor's degree + 6 years; Master's degree + 4 years; PhD + 1 yearAt least 1 year of experience leveraging open source programming languages for large scale data analysisAt least 1 year of experience working with machine learningAt least 1 year of experience utilizing relational databasesPhD in STEM field (preferred) or equivalent
PhD in STEM + 3 years of experience in data analyticsAt least 1 year of experience working with AWSAt least 4 years' experience in PythonScalaor R for large scale data analysisAt least 4 years' experience with machine learningAt least 4 years' experience with SQL
PythonSQL / PostgreSQLAmazon Web Services
Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in quantitative field with required years; open source languages; machine learning; relational databases; AWS; Python; SQL; Open-source tools; Conda; H2O; Spark
PythonCondaAWSH2OSparkOpen-source programming languagesMachine learningRelational databasesSQLBig data
customer focuscreative thinkingleadershipinterpersonal skillscommunication
Industry Banking
Job Function Lead data science initiatives for credit line increase using ML and open-source tools on AWS
Role Subtype Manager, Data Scientist
Tech Domains Python, SQL / PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services
Visa Sponsorship Yes
ManagerData Scientist - Credit Line Increase Programdata scientistcredit line increasecapital oneawsh2osparkpythoncondasqlmachine learningrelational databasesopen sourcemodelingend-to-end model lifecyclegovernancedata analyticscloudBIopen source languages

Must have a quantitative degree (PhD preferred) and 1+ year ML experience, On-site in McLean, VA, Sponsorship required (for non-qualified candidates)

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