Senior Lead Data Engineer (bank Tech)

Capital One Capital One · Banking · McLean, VA +2

This role is for a Senior Lead Data Engineer in the fintech domain, focusing on designing, developing, and implementing technical solutions. The role involves leading a team of developers with experience in machine learning and distributed systems, utilizing various programming languages and cloud-based data warehousing services. While the role mentions collaboration with teams experienced in machine learning, the core responsibilities are centered around data engineering and full-stack development, not direct AI/ML model building or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Collaborate with and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in full-stack development tools and technologies
  2. Lead a team of developers with deep experience in machine learning, distributed microservices, and full stack systems
  3. Utilize programming languages like Java, Scala, Python and Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases and Cloud based data warehousing services such as Redshift and Snowflake
  4. Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, and mentoring other members of the engineering community
  5. Collaborate with digital product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment
  6. Perform unit tests and conduct reviews with other team members to make sure your code is rigorously designed, elegantly coded, and effectively tuned for performance

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 6 years of experience in application development
  • 2 years of experience in big data technologies
  • 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

Nice to have

  • Master's Degree
  • 9+ years of experience in application development including Python, SQL, Scala, or Java
  • 4+ years of experience with a public cloud (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
  • 5+ years experience with Distributed data/computing tools (MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, EMR, Kafka, Spark, Gurobi, or MySQL)
  • 4+ year experience working on real-time data and streaming applications
  • 4+ years of experience with NoSQL implementation (Mongo, Cassandra)
  • 4+ years of data warehousing experience (Redshift or Snowflake)
  • 4+ years of experience with UNIX/Linux including basic commands and shell scripting
  • 2+ years of experience with Agile engineering practices