Senior Staff Data Engineer | Remote Cloud Leader

Capital One; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Staff Data Engineer to shape the data platform strategy and own end‑to‑end data projects in a remote‑eligible role. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with data scientists, and drive scalable data solutions across the enterprise.

The role emphasizes hands‑on leadership, architectural influence, and delivering robust data pipelines using AWS, Spark, Snowflake, and Databricks across diverse domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field and 9+ years in data engineering.
• Strong experience building end‑to‑end data pipelines and data models.
• Proficiency with AWS and at least one major programming language.

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end data projects, shaping architecture and implementation.
• Mentor engineers, elevate coding standards, and share best practices.
• Collaborate with data scientists and product managers to deliver scalable data solutions.
• Drive data platform strategy across multiple lines of business.

Skills

AWS

Python

Scala

SQL

Spark

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree (preferred)

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Airflow

Kafka

Flink

AWS Glue

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Staff Data Engineer to shape the data platform strategy and own end‑to‑end data projects in a remote‑eligible role. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with data scientists, and drive scalable data solutions across the enterprise.

The role emphasizes hands‑on leadership, architectural influence, and delivering robust data pipelines using AWS, Spark, Snowflake, and Databricks across diverse domains.