Distinguished Data Engineer

Capital One

Cambridge, MA, US
Base: $269,100 - $335,100 annually by location; bo...
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 enterprise-scale 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 enterprise-scale data pipelines used across all lines of business.
  • The successful candidate will act as a visionary leader who balances hands-on coding with influencing stakeholders to adopt best practices and modern technologies.
  • Capital One offers competitive compensation ranging from $269,100 to $335,100 annually depending on location, along with performance-based incentives and comprehensive benefits.

Matching Summary

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

Salary

Base: $269,100 - $335,100 annually by location; Bonus/Equity: Performance based incentive compensation including cash bonuses and/or long term incentives; Benefits: Comprehensive health, financial, and well-being support

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 leadership style
  • Mentoring and coaching skills
  • Inclusive collaboration approach
  • Thought leadership in tech
  • External evangelism capabilities

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
  • Sponsorship available for qualified applicants

Work Rights

Not specified

Sponsorship: available

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