Capital One UK

The UK arm of Capital One, a bank that says machine learning is central to its business, with a data science team in Nottingham.

About Capital One UK

Capital One Europe is the UK entity of Capital One, which offers credit cards and other financial products. Its data science team builds and deploys machine learning solutions for business problems.

The company describes itself as an information-based technology company still led by its founder, with a goal of making banking simpler and more human.

Its UK office is in Nottingham (Trent House), where a hybrid model asks staff in the office Tuesday to Thursday. Other UK roles are advertised on its UK jobs site.

It describes a collaborative team and stresses teamwork, openness and challenging the status quo, with networks such as REACH, OutFront and Women in Tech, and learning through Capital One University. These are company claims. The Nottingham office is said to include a gym and subsidised restaurant.

The listing we read was for an experienced data scientist, asking for probability, statistics, machine learning and coding in Python, R or SQL. We did not find early-career schemes in the pages read, so check Capital One UK's careers site for graduate and internship roles.

What they do

• {'desc': 'Models used across credit and customer decisions.', 'title': 'Machine learning models'}
• {'desc': 'Analysis of large datasets for products.', 'title': 'Data science'}
• {'desc': 'Statistical advice on new products.', 'title': 'Test design'}

Key facts

• UK office in Nottingham (Trent House)
• Hybrid: in office Tuesday to Thursday (listing)
• UK hiring entity: Capital One Europe
• Data science roles use ML and AI methods

Website: www.capitalone.co.uk