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Principal Data Scientist, AI Foundations

Capital One · 3 Locations

Capital One is hiring a principal Principal Data Scientist, AI Foundations in 3 Locations.

Hiring signals for Data Scientists

SOC 15-2051 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

50
/ 100
Cooling

Data Scientists Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($184k vs $137k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 5% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (30% appear duplicated)

Data Scientists job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Data Scientists.

  • 948Active postings
  • 30Posted this week
  • 348Open 30+ days37% of active
  • 152Remote / hybrid16% of active
  • 16%List salary150 of 948
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $184kMedian annual (max)
  • —Median hourly (max)
  • 20dMedian agep90 64d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Data Science902$182k n=146—
ML / AI Engineering12——
VP7——
Director6——
Engineering1——

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time36$180k n=19—
Contract22$209k n=8—
Part-time20$135k n=20—
Intern13——

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Technology582$185k n=119—
Financial Services252$179k n=21—
Manufacturing130——
Media & Entertainment90$172k n=28—
Retail82$184k n=42—

Top categories

  • Data Science902
  • ML / AI Engineering12
  • VP7
  • Director6
  • Engineering1
  • Data Analyst1

In-demand skills

  • Python254
  • SQL180
  • Apache Spark88
  • AWS80
  • PyTorch78
  • TensorFlow71
  • scikit-learn56
  • Azure51

Top sectors

  • Technology582
  • Financial Services252
  • Manufacturing130
  • Media & Entertainment90
  • Retail82
  • Transportation & Logistics72

Employment mix

  • Unspecified857 · 90%
  • Full-time36 · 4%
  • Contract22 · 2%
  • Part-time20 · 2%
  • Intern13 · 1%

Top hiring companies

Category
Data Science
Source
capitalone.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com
Original link
https://capitalone.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Capital_One/job/New-York-NY/Principal-Data-Scientist--AI-Foundations_R225774-2
ATS
Workday
Posted
4 weeks ago (2026-04-12)
Status
active

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