✦ Luna Orbit — Data & Analytics

Lead Data Engineer

at Discover Financial Services

📍 3 Locations Unknown 💰 $179K – $204K USD / year Posted March 19, 2026
Salary $179K – $204K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 4+ years
Education Bachelor's Degree
Category Data & Analytics

This role involves leading the development of scalable data pipelines and analytics solutions using big data and cloud technologies. The engineer will focus on real-time data processing and data warehousing to support business insights.

  • Leading data pipeline development
  • Implementing real-time streaming
  • Collaborating with teams
  • Optimizing data workflows
  • Mentoring junior staff

The technical environment includes cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), big data tools (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka), data warehousing (Redshift, Snowflake), and programming in Python, Scala, and Java.

The ideal candidate is a senior data engineer with over 4 years of experience in big data and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. They should be proficient in Python, Scala, and Java, with strong knowledge of data warehousing and streaming technologies.

Bachelor's Degreeat least 4 years of application development experienceat least 2 years of big data technologies experienceat least 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud)
7+ years of application development including PythonSQLScalaJava4+ years with a public cloud (AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud)4+ years experience with MapReduceHadoopHiveEMRKafkaSparkGurobiMySQL4+ years working on real-time data and streaming applications4+ years with NoSQL (MongoCassandra)4+ years of data warehousing (RedshiftSnowflake)UNIX/Linux basic commands and shell scripting2+ years of Agile practices
RedshiftSnowflakeHadoopHiveKafkaSparkAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud
JavaScalaPythonRedshiftSnowflakeHadoopKafkaSparkMachine LearningDistributed MicroservicesAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud
JavaScalaPythonOpen Source RDBMSNoSQL databasesRedshiftSnowflakeMachine LearningDistributed MicroservicesCloud ComputingAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud
collaborativeproblem-solvingmentoringteamworkcommunicationinnovativetech trend awareness
Industry Fintech
Job Function Leading big data and cloud-based data engineering projects
Role Subtype Data Engineer
Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, Microsoft 365, Azure, Python, Java, Scala, SQL / PostgreSQL, Hadoop, Kafka, Spark
Clearance Required None
Visa Sponsorship No
Data Engineerbig datacloud computingAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudPythonJavaScalaNoSQLRedshiftSnowflakeHadoopKafkaSparkMachine LearningDistributed Microservicesdata engineer

Lack of cloud experience, Less than 4 years of application development, No experience with big data tools, No proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java

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