Distinguished Data Engineer

Capital One

Cambridge, MA, US
Base: $269,100 - $335,100 depending on location; b...
Aws infrastructure expertise
Lakehouse architecture design
Kafka and flink streaming
This role serves as a Director-level Individual Contributor responsible for driving the technical strategy for data pipelines used across all lines of business

Job Summary

  • This role serves as a Director-level Individual Contributor responsible for driving the technical strategy for data pipelines used across all lines of business.
  • The successful candidate will be a deep technical expert who balances hands-on coding with visionary leadership to solve Capital One's toughest issues.
  • Candidates must have at least 9 years of experience in data engineering and 5 years in data architecture to qualify for this position.

Matching Summary

This role serves as a Director-level Individual Contributor responsible for driving the technical strategy for data pipelines used across all lines of business.

Salary

Base: $269,100 - $335,100 depending on location; Bonus/LTI: Eligible for performance-based incentive compensation; Benefits: Comprehensive health, financial, and well-being benefits included

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • AWS infrastructure expertise
  • Lakehouse architecture design
  • Kafka and Flink streaming
  • Spark and Airflow orchestration
  • Snowflake and Databricks platforms
  • Python, SQL, Java, or Scala coding

Nice-to-have

  • Visionary thought leadership
  • Mentoring and coaching skills
  • Inclusive collaboration environment
  • Engineering excellence culture
  • Internal and external evangelism

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree required
  • 9+ years data engineering experience
  • 5+ years data architecture experience
  • 3+ years AWS application building
  • 3+ years Python/Scala/Java/SQL
  • 3+ years Flink or Spark
  • 3+ years Kafka
  • 3+ years Delta Lake or Iceberg

Work Rights

Not specified

Sponsorship: available

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