Data Engineer 5
Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive and iterative delivery environment? At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors who solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We are seeking Data Engineers who are passionate about marrying data with emerging technologies. In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of driving a major transformation across Capital One.
This data engineering team is building an end-to-end travel platform designed to centralize product data and power premium customer experiences. You will lead key aspects of a large-scale, cross-cloud migration—unifying multi-cloud datasets into a central data lake using Python, Spark, and Databricks. By architecting this foundational data backbone, you will directly enable real-time personalized recommendations, tailored travel offers, and intelligent user benefits. It’s an exciting opportunity for an engineer looking to solve complex, distributed system challenges while driving high-impact digital products at enterprise scale.
What You’ll Do:
Collaborate with and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in full-stack development tools and technologies
Influence a team of developers, data analysts and data scientists with deep experience in machine learning, distributed microservices, lakehouse architecture, and full-stack systems
Utilize programming languages such as Python and Spark, along with open-source relational and NoSQL databases, and cloud-based data warehousing platforms including Databricks and Snowflake
Share your passion for staying on top of trends in data, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal and external technology communities, and mentoring other members of the data community
Collaborate with product managers and software engineers to deliver robust cloud-first data solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment
Independently design, build and deliver world-class cloud data solutions and applications with little or no support from supervisors or managers
Architect and enforce common data engineering design patterns to ensure code quality, maintainability, and reusability across data platforms and pipelines
Serve as an ambassador for the data engineering team, communicating technical concepts and data outcomes clearly to both internal and external stakeholders to drive alignment and shared understanding
Design and build data pipelines and platforms with a focus on scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency, ensuring robust performance under increasing data volume and business demands
Serve as a force-multiplier for the team, balancing deep, hands-on technical contribution and innovation with mentoring and elevating the skills of peers and junior engineers
Lead and execute large-scale, transformative data initiatives from end to end, independently driving critical architectural decisions and evaluating platform choices, such as Snowflake versus Databricks, based on technical and business requirements
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering)
At least 6 years of experience in application development (Internship experience does not apply)
At least 4 years of experience in distributed data
At least 4 years of experience with SQL
At least 4 years of experience programming with at least one of the following languages: Python, Java, or Scala
At least 4 years of experience designing and developing data pipelines
At least 2 years of experience in data modeling and designing end-to-end data solutions using both relational and non-relational database systems
Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s Degree in…