Lead Data Engineer

Capital One

Lead Data Engineer at Capital One building a cutting-edge self-service data platform with AWS, Spark, and Python. Collaborate with Agile teams and mentor engineering community.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeMcLean • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $197,300 - $225,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Amazon RedshiftAWSAzureCloudJavaLinuxMicroservicesNoSQLOpen SourcePythonRDBMSScalaShell ScriptingSQLUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborate with and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in full-stack development tools and technologies
Work with a team of developers with deep experience in machine learning, distributed microservices, and full stack systems
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
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.
Collaborate with digital product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment.
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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 4 years of experience in application development (Internship experience does not apply)
At least 2 years of experience in big data technologies
At least 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
7+ years of experience in application development including Python, SQL, Scala, or Java (preferred)
4+ years of experience with a public cloud (preferred)
4+ years experience with Distributed data/computing tools (preferred)
4+ year experience working on real-time data and streaming applications (preferred)
4+ years of experience with NoSQL implementation (preferred)
4+ years of data warehousing experience (preferred)
4+ years of experience with UNIX/Linux including basic commands and shell scripting (preferred)
2+ years of experience with Agile engineering practices (preferred)
Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity (preferred).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaScalaPythonSQLNoSQLCloud computingBig data technologiesData warehousingUNIX/LinuxAgile engineering practices

Soft Skills

CollaborationMentoringCommunicationProblem-solvingAdaptability

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree