Senior Staff Data Engineer - Lead Data Platform (Remote)

Capital One; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Data Engineer (Remote-Eligible) to lead the data engineering practice and drive scalable data solutions in the cloud. You will mentor engineers, shape architecture, and partner with data scientists, ML engineers, and product teams to deliver impactful data products.

You will own end-to-end design, code critical data projects, and influence architectural standards while promoting engineering excellence across Capital One Tech.

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 across teams
• Balance lending expertise with inclusive environment and grow skills in Capital One
• Promote a culture of engineering excellence and reusability
• Communicate with and influence stakeholders across the enterprise
• Act as trusted advisor for a technology platform or domain
• Mentor engineers and assist in recruiting external talent
• Drive strategic direction of data engineering by researching trends and developing roadmaps
• Lead alignment and integration decisions across data systems and business units

Skills

Python

SQL

Java

Scala

Data engineering

AWS

Data pipelines

Data modeling

NoSQL databases

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Kafka

Flink

Spark

Snowflake

Databricks

EMR

Glue

Airflow

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Data Engineer (Remote-Eligible) to lead the data engineering practice and drive scalable data solutions in the cloud. You will mentor engineers, shape architecture, and partner with data scientists, ML engineers, and product teams to deliver impactful data products.

You will own end-to-end design, code critical data projects, and influence architectural standards while promoting engineering excellence across Capital One Tech.