Senior Distinguished Data Engineer

Capital One

McLean, Virginia, United States
Base: $314,800 - $359,300 (mclean va) or $343,400 ...
Aws infrastructure expertise
Lakehouse architecture design
Kafka and flink streaming
This role serves as a Senior Director-level Individual Contributor responsible for driving the technical strategy for data pipelines across all lines of business

Job Summary

  • This role serves as a Senior Director-level Individual Contributor responsible for driving the technical strategy for data pipelines across all lines of business.
  • The successful candidate will be a deep technical expert who balances hands-on coding with visionary leadership to deliver next-generation technology solutions.
  • Capital One offers competitive compensation ranging from $314,800 to $392,000 annually depending on location, along with performance-based incentives and comprehensive benefits.

Matching Summary

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

Salary

Base: $314,800 - $359,300 (McLean VA) or $343,400 - $392,000 (New York NY); Bonus/Equity: Performance based incentive compensation including cash bonuses and long term incentives; Benefits: Comprehensive health, financial and other benefits supporting total well-being

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • AWS infrastructure expertise
  • Lakehouse architecture design
  • Kafka and Flink streaming
  • Spark and Snowflake processing
  • Python Java Scala coding
  • Delta Lake or Iceberg storage

Nice-to-have

  • Visionary leadership style
  • Mentoring junior engineers
  • Cross-organizational collaboration
  • Inclusive engineering culture
  • External technology 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 experience
  • 3+ years Kafka experience
  • 3+ years Delta Lake or Iceberg experience

Work Rights

Not specified

Sponsorship: available

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