Senior Cloud Data Engineer - Pipelines & Lakehouse

capitalone; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 197,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Data Engineer 4 in McLean, VA to design and deliver cloud-first data solutions. You will work with Agile teams and mentor others while ensuring scalable pipelines and secure data handling in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires a Bachelor's in a quantitative field and 4+ years in data engineering, with strong Python/SQL and experience in Spark, Databricks, and Snowflake. Salaries in the posted range apply to this location.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field is required.
• 4+ years of application and data engineering experience, with distributed data proficiency.
• Experience with SQL, Python or Java/Scala, and data pipeline design.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Agile teams to design, develop, test, and support data solutions.
• Architect and deliver cloud-first data pipelines and platforms for scalability.
• Ensure data security standards and compliant access control.
• Mentor other data community members and share best practices.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

Data analytics

Machine learning basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related quantitative field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

EMR

Airflow

Dagster

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Data Engineer 4 in McLean, VA to design and deliver cloud-first data solutions. You will work with Agile teams and mentor others while ensuring scalable pipelines and secure data handling in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires a Bachelor's in a quantitative field and 4+ years in data engineering, with strong Python/SQL and experience in Spark, Databricks, and Snowflake. Salaries in the posted range apply to this location.