✦ Luna Orbit — Data & Analytics

Lead Data Engineer

at Discover Financial Services

📍 Chicago, IL Unknown 💰 $179K – $204K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
Salary $179K – $204K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience mid
Exp. Years 2+ years in big data, 1+ year in cloud
Education Bachelor's Degree
Category Data & Analytics

Mid-level Data Engineer responsible for designing and supporting data pipelines, data warehousing, and streaming applications within Capital One's data ecosystem, leveraging cloud platforms and big data tools.

  • Design data pipelines
  • Implement streaming solutions
  • Optimize data warehouse performance
  • Collaborate with data teams
  • Support cloud data infrastructure

Focus on data engineering, cloud data warehousing, distributed systems, and streaming data, utilizing tools like Redshift, Snowflake, Hadoop, Kafka, and Spark in a financial services environment.

The ideal candidate is a mid-level data engineer with at least 2 years of experience in big data technologies, cloud computing, and data warehousing. They are proficient in Python, SQL, Scala, and Java, with a strong understanding of distributed systems and streaming data.

Bachelor's Degree4+ years in application development2+ years in big data technologies1+ year in cloud computing
7+ years in application developmentExperience with PythonSQLScalaJavaExperience with AWSAzureGoogle CloudExperience with distributed data toolsExperience with real-time data and streamingExperience with NoSQL databasesData warehousing experienceUnix/Linux scriptingAgile practices
RedshiftSnowflakeAWSAzureGoogle CloudHadoopKafkaSparkMongoDBCassandraUnix/LinuxShell Scripting
Data EngineeringPythonSQLScalaJavaRedshiftSnowflakeBig DataDistributed DataStreaming ApplicationsNoSQLCloud ComputingHadoopKafkaSparkUnix/LinuxShell Scripting
Data EngineeringPythonSQLScalaJavaOpen Source RDBMSNoSQLRedshiftSnowflakeCloud ComputingDistributed DataStreaming ApplicationsShell ScriptingUnix/LinuxAgile
CollaborationProblem SolvingMentoringTeamworkCommunicationAdaptabilityContinuous Learning

Preferred

AWS Certified Solutions ArchitectGoogle Cloud Professional EngineerAzure Solutions Architect
Industry Financial Services, Data Warehousing, Cloud Computing
Job Function Building and maintaining data pipelines and warehouses in a cloud-based environment
Role Subtype Data Engineer
Tech Domains Java, Scala, Python, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, NoSQL
Data EngineeringPythonSQLScalaJavaRedshiftSnowflakeBig DataDistributed DataStreaming ApplicationsNoSQLCloud ComputingHadoopKafkaSparkUnix/LinuxShell ScriptingAgile

Less than 2 years in application development, No experience with big data technologies, Lack of cloud computing experience, No experience with data warehousing, No proficiency in Python, SQL, Scala, or Java

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