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Lead Data Engineer

at Capital One Financial

📍 3 Locations Unknown 💰 $179K – $204K USD / year Posted March 20, 2026
Salary $179K – $204K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 4+ years
Education Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field
Category Data & Analytics

Lead Data Engineer role focused on managing big data projects and supporting cloud-based data solutions within a financial services environment.

  • Leading data projects
  • Managing data teams
  • Designing scalable data pipelines
  • Optimizing data warehouses
  • Supporting cloud migration

Environment includes AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, and data warehousing tools like Redshift and Snowflake, emphasizing leadership in data engineering.

The ideal candidate is a senior data engineer with 4+ years of experience in big data and cloud platforms, capable of leading projects and mentoring team members. They should have strong skills in Java, Scala, and Python.

Bachelor's Degreeapplication developmentbig data technologiescloud computing
PythonSQLScalaJavaMapReduceHadoopHiveEMRKafkaSparkMongoDBCassandraData warehousing
RedshiftSnowflakeAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudHadoopHiveKafkaSparkMySQLMongoDBCassandra
JavaScalaPythonRedshiftSnowflakeHadoopSparkKafkaNoSQLapplication developmentmicroservicesmachine learning
JavaScalaPythonRedshiftSnowflakeOpen Source RDBMSNoSQL databasesAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudDistributed data toolsMicroservicesMachine learningFull stack developmentCloud computing
collaborationteamworkmentoringproblem-solvingcommunicationlearning agility
Industry Finance/Banking
Job Function Leading and developing cloud-based big data infrastructure
Role Subtype Data Engineer
Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft 365, Active Directory, SQL / PostgreSQL
Clearance Required None
Visa Sponsorship No
Lead Data Engineerbig datacloud computingAWSAzureGoogle CloudRedshiftSnowflakeHadoopSparkKafkaMongoDBCassandraapplication developmentfull stackmachine learningmicroservicesData EngineerPythonScalaNoSQL

No Bachelor's degree, Less than 2 years in big data, No cloud experience, Lack of leadership experience

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