Senior Data Engineer & Tech Lead — Remote

Capital One; Juneau (AK); Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Senior Staff Data Engineer (Remote-Eligible) to lead data platform strategy and end-to-end data projects. You will mentor engineers, drive architectural standards, and partner with data scientists, product managers, and leaders to deliver scalable, governed data solutions in a cloud-first environment.

You will specialize in high-impact domains, applying Python/SQL/Java/Scala to build reusable data products, and you will influence the broader Capital One Tech community with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• 9+ years of experience in data engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in data architecture.
• 3+ years of experience building applications in AWS.
• 7+ years of experience programming in Python, Java, or Scala.
• 6+ years of experience designing and developing data pipelines.
• 4+ years of experience in data modeling and designing end-to-end data solutions using relational and NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end data projects and guide architecture strategies.
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product managers.
• Mentor engineers and recruit internal/external talent.
• Drive data platform strategy with emerging tech.
• Ensure scalable, governed data flows across the enterprise.

Skills

Python

SQL

Java

Scala

AWS

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Spark

Snowflake

Databricks

EMR

Airflow

Dagster

MongoDB

DynamoDB

Job description

Capital One seeks a Senior Staff Data Engineer (Remote-Eligible) to lead data platform strategy and end-to-end data projects. You will mentor engineers, drive architectural standards, and partner with data scientists, product managers, and leaders to deliver scalable, governed data solutions in a cloud-first environment.

You will specialize in high-impact domains, applying Python/SQL/Java/Scala to build reusable data products, and you will influence the broader Capital One Tech community with