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Lead Data Engineer

at Capital One Financial

📍 2 Locations Unknown 💰 $197K – $225K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $197K – $225K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 4+ years
Education Bachelor's Degree
Category Data & Analytics

About this role

This role involves leading data engineering initiatives, designing and implementing big data solutions, and supporting real-time data processing at Capital One.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design data pipelines
  • Implement big data solutions
  • Support real-time data streaming
  • Collaborate with data science teams
  • Optimize data storage and processing

Technical Overview

The environment includes distributed microservices, big data tools like Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, data warehousing with Redshift and Snowflake, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior data engineer with 4+ years of experience in application development, strong expertise in big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka, and proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Must-Have Skills

Bachelor's Degree4 years in application development2 years in big data technologies1 year experience with cloud computing (AWSAzureGoogle Cloud)

Nice-to-Have Skills

7+ years of application development experiencePythonSQLScalaJava4+ years with AWSAzureGoogle CloudDistributed data tools (HadoopHiveKafkaSpark)Real-time data streamingNoSQL (MongoCassandra)Data warehousing (RedshiftSnowflake)Unix/Linux scriptingAgile practices

Tools & Platforms

RedshiftSnowflakeHadoopHiveKafkaSparkGurobiMySQLUnix/LinuxShell Scripting

Required Skills

JavaScalaPythonHadoopSparkKafkaRedshiftSnowflakeNoSQLData WarehousingUnix/LinuxShell Scripting

Hard Skills

JavaScalaPythonOpen Source RDBMSNoSQL databasesRedshiftSnowflakeMachine LearningDistributed MicroservicesBig Data TechnologiesHadoopHiveKafkaSparkGurobiMySQLUnix/LinuxShell ScriptingData Warehousing

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationteamworkadaptability

Industry & Role

Industry Fintech
Job Function Lead data engineering projects and infrastructure at Capital One

Keywords for Your Resume

JavaScalaPythonOpen Source RDBMSNoSQL databasesRedshiftSnowflakeMachine LearningDistributed MicroservicesBig DataHadoopHiveKafkaSparkGurobiMySQLUnix/LinuxShell ScriptingData WarehousingNoSQL

Deal Breakers

Less than 4 years of application development experience, No experience with big data tools, Lack of cloud computing experience

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