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Lead Data Engineer, Bank Tech

at Discover Financial Services

📍 Wilmington, DE Unknown 💰 $179K – $204K USD / year Posted March 24, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $179K – $204K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience lead
Exp. Years 4+ years
Education Bachelor's Degree
Category Data & Analytics

About this role

Discover Financial Services seeks a Lead Data Engineer to design, develop, and support data solutions leveraging big data technologies and cloud platforms to enable advanced analytics and data-driven decision making.

Key Responsibilities

  • design data pipelines
  • develop cloud-based data solutions
  • mentor team members
  • optimize data performance
  • support data warehousing

Technical Overview

This role involves full-stack data engineering using Java, Scala, Python, and cloud services like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with expertise in data warehousing and NoSQL databases.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior data engineer with 4+ years of experience in big data technologies, cloud platforms, and application development, capable of leading data projects and mentoring teams.

Must-Have Skills

JavaScalaPythonbig data technologiescloud computing

Nice-to-Have Skills

RedshiftSnowflakeNoSQLAWSAzureGoogle Clouddistributed systemsstreaming applications

Tools & Platforms

RedshiftSnowflakeMongoDBCassandraHadoopHiveKafka

Required Skills

JavaScalaPythonbig data technologiescloud computingRedshiftSnowflakeNoSQL

Hard Skills

JavaScalaPythonOpen Source RDBMSNoSQL databasesRedshiftSnowflakeapplication developmentbig data technologiescloud computingAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationmentoringteamwork

Certifications

Preferred

AWS Certified Solutions ArchitectGoogle Cloud CertifiedMicrosoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect

Industry & Role

Industry Financial Services
Job Function Lead data engineering and cloud data solutions
Role Subtype Data Engineer
Tech Domains Python, Java, Scala, Redshift, Snowflake, NoSQL databases, Hadoop, Kafka, Cloud platforms

Keywords for Your Resume

lead data engineerbig datacloud computingAWSAzureGoogle Cloudapplication developmentPythonJavaScalaNoSQLRedshiftSnowflakedistributed systemsstreaming applicationsdata warehousing

Deal Breakers

Lack of experience with cloud platforms, No experience in big data technologies

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