Senior Staff Data Engineer — Remote Data Pipelines Leader

Capital One; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 320,000 - 392,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Staff Data Engineer to lead and implement data pipelines and sharing capabilities across lines of business.

You will combine hands-on coding in Python, SQL, Java, and/or Scala with platform strategy across AWS, Lakehouse, Kafka, Flink, Spark, Snowflake, and Databricks, mentoring others and shaping engineering practices. This senior IC role emphasizes scalability, performance, and operational excellence within the Pipelines and External Data team, offering visibility

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 9+ years in data engineering.
• 5+ years in data architecture.
• 3+ years building applications in AWS.

Responsibilities

• Build awareness and drive adoption of modern data technologies across the enterprise.
• Balance expert guidance with inclusive leadership and coach the Capital One team.
• Promote engineering excellence and reuse/innersource solutions where possible.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Serve as a trusted advisor for technology domains and shape use cases and implementations.
• Lead the way in developing next-generation talent and actively recruit external talent.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Masters' Degree

Tools

AWS

Kafka

Flink

Spark

Snowflake

Databricks

Python

SQL

Java

Scala

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Staff Data Engineer to lead and implement data pipelines and sharing capabilities across lines of business.

You will combine hands-on coding in Python, SQL, Java, and/or Scala with platform strategy across AWS, Lakehouse, Kafka, Flink, Spark, Snowflake, and Databricks, mentoring others and shaping engineering practices. This senior IC role emphasizes scalability, performance, and operational excellence within the Pipelines and External Data team, offering visibility