Capital One · 1 day ago
Sr. Distinguished, Data Engineer - Enterprise Data Storage and Consumption Platforms Data Engineer
McLean, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$286K/yr - $327K/yr
7+ years expCapital One is a leading financial services company, and they are seeking a Sr. Distinguished Data Engineer to drive the technical strategy for consumption platforms. This role involves maturing platform scalability, operational excellence, performance, and resiliency while mentoring talent and promoting engineering excellence.
BankingCredit CardsFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Build awareness, increase knowledge and drive adoption of modern technologies, sharing consumer and engineering benefits to gain buy-in
Identify, benchmark and contribute towards opportunities to improve system availability, security, reliability, cost optimization and performance
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
At least 7 years of experience in software engineering or data engineering
At least 5 years of people management experience
At least 3 years of experience with Big Data and data streaming
At least 3 years of experience with cloud-based data platforms (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
At least 9 years of experience in data engineering writing production quality code with a focus on distributed systems
Preferred
Masters' Degree
10+ years of experience in data engineering
3+ years of experience implementing big data frameworks and processing solutions
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
5+ years of experience with Agile engineering practices
8+ years in-depth experience with the Hadoop stack (MapReduce, Pig, Hive, Hbase)
8+ years experience with NoSQL implementation (Mongo, Cassandra)
8+ years experience developing Java based software solutions
8+ years experience in at least one scripting language
8+ years experience developing software solutions to solve complex business problems
8+ years experience with Relational Database Systems and SQL
8+ years experience designing, developing, and implementing ETL
8+ years experience with UNIX/Linux including basic commands and shell scripting
8+ years of experience providing technical leadership
8+ years of experience leading the full life-cycle of IT development and platform support
Benefits
Performance based incentive compensation
Cash bonus(es)
Long term incentives (LTI)
Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being
Company
Capital One
Capital One is a financial services company that provides banking, credit card, auto loan, savings, and commercial banking services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.45BKey Investors
Berkshire Hathaway
2025-09-11Post Ipo Debt· $2.75B
2025-01-30Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2023-05-15Post Ipo Equity· $954M
Leadership Team
Lo Li
CTO, Managing Vice President Retail Bank
Daniel Arellano
Senior Vice President, Business Cards and Payments
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