Capital One · 21 hours ago
Senior Distinguished Data Engineer
McLean, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$315K/yr - $359K/yr
9+ years expCapital One is a financial services company, and they are seeking a Senior Distinguished Data Engineer to drive the technical strategy for data pipelines. This role involves building innovative technology solutions and mentoring internal talent while promoting engineering excellence across the organization.
BankingCredit CardsFinanceFinancial Services
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
Qualification
Required
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 in building applications in AWS
At least 3 years of experience with Python, Scala, Java, or SQL
At least 3 years of experience with Flink or Spark
At least 3 years of experience with Kafka
At least 3 years of experience with Delta Lake or Iceberg
At least 3 years of experience building performant, resilient Big Data solutions
Preferred
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
3+ years of experience deploying machine learning models
1+ year of experience deploying Agentic AI solutions
3+ years of experience implementing big data processing solutions on AWS or other cloud providers
3+ years of experience with Snowflake or Databricks
3+ years of experience with Data Observability tooling (lineage, data quality, monitoring or alerting)
Benefits
Capital One offers a 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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