Senior Data Platform Engineer - Remote Lead

Capital One; Columbia (SC); Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Data Engineer (Remote-Eligible) to lead data pipeline architecture and strategic initiatives across enterprise data platforms. You will mentor engineers, influence architectural standards, and drive innovative data solutions in a cloud-first environment.

The role emphasizes leadership, technical depth in AWS and modern data stack, and collaboration with product managers, data scientists, and stakeholders to deliver scalable, governed data platforms.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Build awareness, increase knowledge and drive adoption of modern technologies, sharing consumer and engineering benefits to gain buy-in.
• Strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing an inclusive environment where others’ ideas can be heard and championed; leverage expertise to grow skills in the broader Capital One team.
• Promote a culture of engineering excellence, using opportunities to reuse and innersource solutions where possible.
• Effectively communicate with and influence key stakeholders across the enterprise, at all levels of the organization.
• Operate as a trusted advisor for a specific technology, platform or capability domain, helping to shape use cases and implementation in a unified manner.
• Lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting external talent to bolster Capital One’s Tech talent.
• Drive the strategic direction of the data engineering practice by continuously researching and assessing emerging trends in data, AI, and engineering, and developing a roadmap to integrate relevant innovations into the overall data platform.
• Lead strategic alignment and integration decisions across multiple data systems and business units, championing a unified data architecture that supports seamless, scalable, and governed data flow across the organization.
• Own the creation, management, and socialization of data strategy artifacts, ensuring comprehensive documentation is available to inform and guide enterprise-level decisions and initiatives (e.g., data governance policies, architecture blueprints, data product roadmaps).
• Serve as a technical "force-multiplier," independently owning the end-to-end design and coding of critical data projects while influencing architectural standards and mentoring junior engineers to scale the team's capabilities and output.

Skills

AWS

Python/Java/Scala

Data pipelines

Data modeling

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Spark

Flink

Kafka

Snowflake

Databricks

Airflow

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Data Engineer (Remote-Eligible) to lead data pipeline architecture and strategic initiatives across enterprise data platforms. You will mentor engineers, influence architectural standards, and drive innovative data solutions in a cloud-first environment.

The role emphasizes leadership, technical depth in AWS and modern data stack, and collaboration with product managers, data scientists, and stakeholders to deliver scalable, governed data platforms.