Distinguished Engineer - Data Architecture

Locations: VA - McLean, United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Distinguished Engineer - Data Architecture

Come join my teams in the Enterprise Data & Machine Learning group to build a highly scalable, well governed, data ecosystem that scales across 1000’s of AWS accounts, tens of thousands of database instances, and millions of files stored across enterprise. You will also have the opportunity to shape the future of the platform that exchanges terabytes of data daily between Capital One and partners.

Distinguished Engineers are individual contributors who strive to be diverse in thought so we visualize the problem space. At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. Distinguished Engineers will significantly impact our trajectory and devise clear roadmaps to deliver next generation technology solutions.

• Deep technical experts and thought leaders that help accelerate adoption of the very best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices

• Visionaries, collaborating on Capital One’s toughest issues, to deliver on business needs that directly impact the lives of our customers and associates

• Role models and mentors, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community

• Evangelists, both internally and externally, helping to elevate the Distinguished Engineering community and establish themselves as a go-to resource on given technologies and technology-enabled capabilities

• Build awareness, increase knowledge and drive adoption of modern technologies, sharing consumer and engineering benefits to gain buy-in

• Strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing an inclusive environment where others’ ideas can be heard and championed; leverage expertise to grow skills in the broader Capital One team

•  Promote a culture of engineering excellence, using opportunities to reuse and inner source solutions where possible

• Effectively communicate with and influence key stakeholders across the enterprise, at all levels of the organization

• Operate as a trusted advisor for a specific technology, platform or capability domain, helping to shape use cases and implementation in an unified manner

• Lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting external talent to bolster Capital One’s Tech talent 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree 

• At least 7 years of Data Architecture or Enterprise Architecture experience  

• At least 5 years of experience in design patterns

• At least 5 years of AWS cloud experience

• At least 3 years of experience building data products 

• At least 3 years of experience with enterprise level data governance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters’ Degree 

• 8 years of data governance, data access, data lineage, data monitoring, and security controls experience

• 7 years of experience developing in Python, Java, Scala or Node 

• 6 years of experience dealing with large number of cross AWS account communications 

• 5 years of experience in software architecture

• 3 years of rich experience in modern database technology evaluation and data modeling

• 3 years of experience in building highly resilient distributed data systems

• 3 years in data engineering including experience in distributed data pipelines and test data engineering

• 3 years of experience in Agile practices

• 1 year of experience with developing strategy and implementing target architectures

• AWS Solution Architect - Professional or AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty certified 

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position. 

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

New York City (Hybrid On-Site): $269,400 - $307,500 for Distinguished Engineer

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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About the Company:
Capital One

Salary : $269,400 - $307,500