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Capital One Services LLC

Machine Learning Engineer 5

McLean, VA Posted today

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Machine learningPythonKubernetesAgileData engineeringCI/CDTesting / QAScalaJavaStatisticsGoC++

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Sponsorship verdict

Sponsorship possible

One solid signal, not two. Worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.

  • Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 838 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
  • The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
  • No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
  • What Capital One Services LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Senior AI Engineer” (Computer and Information Research Scientists) in VA: $137k–$162k, median $149k.
  • Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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Employer is on a government sponsor record
The US Department of Labor certified 838 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
No salary bar for this route
H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
What Capital One Services LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles
2 certified filings for “Senior AI Engineer” (Computer and Information Research Scientists) in VA: $137k–$162k, median $149k. Most were filed at wage level I (50%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).

US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).

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About the role

Machine Learning Engineer 5 Do you love building and pioneering in the AI and technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and iterative delivery environment? At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We are seeking Machine Learning Engineers who are passionate about leveraging cutting-edge open source frameworks, advanced algorithms, and emerging technologies to join our team. As a Machine Learning Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving major AI transformations and scaling production models across Capital One. This specialized machine learning engineering group is responsible for the decisioning technology that guides customers through their entire credit journey. Our team standardizes and streamlines how complex machine learning models are built, deployed, and monitored at scale, drastically reducing friction for our data science partners. Utilizing a modern technology stack focused heavily on Python and Kubernetes, you will create high-impact infrastructure that supports millions of customers in real time from their initial application throughout their entire lifecycle. What You’ll Do: • The MLE role overlaps with many disciplines, such as Ops, Modeling, and Data Engineering. In this role, you'll be expected to perform many ML engineering activities, including one or more of the following: • Design, build, and/or deliver ML models and components that solve real-world business problems, while working in collaboration with the Product and Data Science teams • Build and scale massive multi-tenant platforms that enable running large footprint ML model training and/or serving at scale • 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 or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering) • At least 6 years of experience programming with Python, Java, Golang, or C++ • At least 6 years of Machine Learning experience using industry standard frameworks PyTorch or Tensorflow and libraries (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn) • At least 6 years of experience using and operating large scale distributed systems (Spark, Ray) to prepare AI or Machine Learning data • At least 4 years of experience deploying and operating Machine Learning solutions in production and operating production services in the cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) and using Kubernetes to manage large scale containeri

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