Senior Staff Data Engineer — Remote Data Platform Leader

Capital One; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Data Engineer (Remote‑Eligible) to define data platforms in the cloud. You will lead architectural strategy, mentor engineers, and drive scalable data solutions across the enterprise.

You’ll work on AWS‑based pipelines, data modeling, and platform initiatives with a team of data engineers, scientists, and product managers. Strong communication and cross‑functional collaboration are essential.

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 experience in data modeling with relational and non-relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute across critical data projects with end-to-end ownership.
• Communicate with stakeholders to shape use cases and implementation.
• Drive innovation in data platforms and cloud capabilities.
• Mentor junior engineers and recruit talent to build Capital One Tech.
• Develop a unified data architecture supporting scalable, governed data flow.

Skills

AWS

Python

Java

Scala

Data engineering

Data architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS or related

Master's Degree (preferred)

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Spark

Kafka

Flink

EMR

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Data Engineer (Remote‑Eligible) to define data platforms in the cloud. You will lead architectural strategy, mentor engineers, and drive scalable data solutions across the enterprise.

You’ll work on AWS‑based pipelines, data modeling, and platform initiatives with a team of data engineers, scientists, and product managers. Strong communication and cross‑functional collaboration are essential.