Senior Data Engineer: Modeling & Architecture

Capital One Group; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 197,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Data Engineer to design and deliver cloud-first data solutions and robust data pipelines. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable analytics platforms using Python, Spark, and modern data warehouses such as Databricks and Snowflake.

The role emphasizes mentorship, architecture patterns, and clear communication of data outcomes to stakeholders, with security and compliance baked in. On-site in McLean, VA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a quantitative field such as Statistics, Economics, OR Operations Research.
• Minimum 4 years of application development experience (internships excluded).
• At least 2 years of distributed data experience.
• At least 2 years of SQL experience.
• At least 2 years of programming in Python, Java, or Scala.
• At least 2 years designing and developing data pipelines.
• At least 1 year designing end-to-end data solutions using relational and non-relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support data solutions.
• Influence a team of developers, data analysts and data scientists.
• Utilize Python and Spark with relational and NoSQL databases and cloud data warehouses like Databricks and Snowflake.
• Share knowledge and mentor other data professionals.
• Deliver cloud-first data solutions for scalable experiences.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

Cloud

Data Modeling

Agile

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS or related field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

EMR

Spark

Glue

Airflow

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Data Engineer to design and deliver cloud-first data solutions and robust data pipelines. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable analytics platforms using Python, Spark, and modern data warehouses such as Databricks and Snowflake.

The role emphasizes mentorship, architecture patterns, and clear communication of data outcomes to stakeholders, with security and compliance baked in. On-site in McLean, VA.