Sr. Staff Data Engineer

Capital One Group; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 315,000 - 359,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance incentives

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Sr. Staff Data Engineer at the Senior Director level, an IC who will shape the technical strategy for data pipelines and data sharing across lines of business.

You will leverage AWS, Lakehouse architectures, Kafka, Flink, Spark, Snowflake, and Databricks, while writing Python, SQL, Java, or Scala to deliver scalable, resilient platforms. You will mentor engineers, drive innovation, and elevate engineering practices across Capital One’s data ecosystem, ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• At least 9 years of data engineering experience.
• At least 5 years of data architecture experience.
• At least 3 years of AWS development experience.

Responsibilities

• Build awareness and drive adoption of modern technologies.
• Foster inclusive environment and champion ideas.
• Grow skills across the Capital One team.
• Promote engineering excellence and reuse solutions.
• Communicate with and influence stakeholders across the enterprise.
• Mentor internal talent and recruit external talent for tech growth.

Skills

Data engineering

Data architecture

AWS

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Masters’ Degree

Tools

Python

SQL

Java/Scala

Job description

Sr. Staff Data Engineer Sr. Staff Data Engineers are individual contributors who strive to be diverse in thought so we visualize the problem space. At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. Staff Engineers will significantly impact our trajectory and devise clear roadmaps to deliver next generation technology solutions.

About the Team

You will join the Pipelines and External Data team within Enterprise Data, serving as a Senior Director-level Individual Contributor (IC). This role demands a visionary and hands‑on leader to drive the technical strategy for data pipelines and sharing capabilities leveraged by all lines of business inclusive of both internal and external data availability. Your focus is on driving innovation, best practices, engineering / delivery acceleration, platform scalability, operational excellence, performance, resiliency, and being a beacon for other ICs. We require deep expertise in AWS infrastructure, Lakehouse architecture, Kafka, Flink, Spark, Snowflake, and Databricks mature these enterprise‑scale systems and execute technical strategy. You will be both visionary, influential, and hands‑on writing Python, SQL, Java, and/or Scala code.

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 an 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

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters’ Degree
• 10+ years of experience in data engineering
• 3+ years of data modeling experience
• 2+ years of experience with ontology standards for defining a domain
• 2+ years of experience using Python, SQL or Scala
• 1+ year of experience deploying machine learning models
• 3+ years of experience implementing big data processing solutions on AWS
• Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity, utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion

Salary

Remote (Regardless of Location): $286,200 - $326,700 for Sr Distinguished Data Engineer

McLean, VA: $314,800 - $359,300 for Sr Distinguished Data Engineer

New York, NY: $343,400 - $392,000 for Sr Distinguished Data Engineer

Richmond, VA: $286,200 - $326,700 for Sr Distinguished Data Engineer

Incentives

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Benefits

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well‑being.

Eligibility

Eligibility varies based on full or part‑time status, exempt or non‑exempt status, and management level.

EEO & Diversity

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace.

Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23‑A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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Corporate Info

Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

At Capital One, we’re building a leading information‑based technology company. Still founder‑led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit.

Agency

No agencies please.

Application Time

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.