Current PhD - Data Science Internship - Summer 2026

Capital One • McLean, VA

190d • $158,000 - $190,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

This is a full-time paid internship program spanning ten weeks from June through August 2026. Participation in the internship requires that you are located in the continental United States with in-person attendance at your assigned location, in accordance with Capital One's hybrid working model, for the duration of the program. Interns will be evaluated for a full-time position with their team and will work with their manager on identifying a start date upon graduation. This is a paid internship. This is a limited-time internship position, and Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. However, a full-time Data Science role, for which you may be considered upon completion of the internship (subject to business need, market conditions, and other factors) is eligible for employer immigration sponsorship.

Requirements

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field)
• Must be continuing in the same course of study of your PhD degree following completion of the internship
• At least 6 months experience or academic work using open source programming languages for data analysis
• At least 6 months of experience or academic work using machine learning techniques
• At least 6 months of experience with either Python, R or SQL

Nice To Haves

• Experience or academic work in inferential statistics
• Experience or academic work with relational databases
• Experience or academic work with large scale data analysis

Responsibilities

• Evaluate open-source and internally-developed modeling and analytics tools using real business data
• Integrate internal data with external data sources and APIs to discover and implement actionable insights
• Design and craft data science models to communicate solutions to customers and company leadership

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree