✦ Luna Orbit — Data & Analytics

Lead Data Engineer

at Discover Financial Services

📍 McLean, VA Unknown 💰 $197K – $225K USD / year Posted March 19, 2026
Salary $197K – $225K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience lead
Exp. Years 4+ years
Education Bachelor's Degree
Category Data & Analytics

This role involves leading data engineering initiatives, developing scalable data pipelines, and integrating cloud-based big data solutions to support business analytics.

  • Collaborate with teams to design data solutions
  • Lead data pipeline development
  • Optimize data processing performance
  • Mentor junior engineers
  • Integrate multi-cloud data platforms

The technical environment includes Java, Scala, Python, Snowflake, Redshift, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, and NoSQL databases, focusing on large-scale data processing and real-time streaming.

The ideal candidate is a senior data engineer with over 4 years of experience in application development, big data technologies, and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. They possess strong mentoring skills and are capable of leading data projects.

Application development experienceBig data technologiesCloud computing experience
Distributed data/computing toolsReal-time data and streaming applicationsNoSQL implementationData warehousing
RedshiftSnowflakeAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudHadoopHiveKafkaSparkMongoDBCassandra
JavaScalaPythonRedshiftSnowflakeAWSAzureGoogle CloudHadoopHiveKafkaSparkNoSQLUNIX/LinuxShell scripting
JavaScalaPythonOpen Source RDBMSNoSQL databasesRedshiftSnowflakeAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudHadoopHiveKafkaSparkMongoDBCassandraUNIX/LinuxShell scripting
collaborationproblem-solvingmentoringcommunicationteamwork
Industry Financial Services/Fintech
Job Function Leading data engineering projects and managing big data infrastructure
Role Subtype Data Engineer
Tech Domains Java, Scala, Python, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Spark, NoSQL
Lead Data EngineerJavaScalaPythonRedshiftSnowflakeAWSAzureGoogle CloudHadoopHiveKafkaSparkMongoDBCassandrabig datacloud computingdistributed systemsstreaming applicationsNoSQLdata warehousing

Lack of experience with big data tools, No cloud computing experience, No leadership or senior experience

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