Sr. Staff Data Engineer

JobCubby; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 343,000 - 392,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in New York, NY seeks a Sr. Staff Data Engineer to shape the data platform strategy and own end-to-end data pipelines. You will design scalable lakehouse architectures and collaborate across lines of business to accelerate delivery.

As an IC with leadership and hands-on coding in Python/SQL/Java/Scala, you will drive best practices, mentor engineers, and ensure reliability, performance, and security across enterprise data assets.

Qualifications

• At least 9 years of experience in data engineering.
• At least 5 years in data architecture.
• At least 3 years building applications in AWS.

Responsibilities

• Build awareness and drive adoption of modern data technologies.
• Collaborate to deliver business-driven data solutions.
• Promote engineering excellence and reuse of components.
• Influence stakeholders across the enterprise.
• Shape use cases and implementation for domain platforms.
• Mentor internal talent and recruit external technologists.

Skills

Data engineering

Data architecture

AWS

Python

SQL

Java

Scala

Kafka

Flink

Spark

Snowflake

Databricks

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Masters’ Degree

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Spark

Snowflake

Databricks

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.

Our Sr. Staff Data Engineers are:

• Deep technical experts and thought leaders that help accelerate adoption of the very best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices


• Visionaries, collaborating on Capital One’s toughest issues, to deliver on business needs that directly impact the lives of our customers and associates


• Role models and mentors, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community


• Evangelists, both internally and externally, helping to elevate the Staff Engineering community and establish themselves as a go-to resource on given technologies and technology-enabled capabilities

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

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Salary by location:

• 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

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

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.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

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

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 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.