Senior Lead Data Engineer

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Posted: 10/08/2025

Position: Senior Lead Data Engineer (Intelligent Foundations and Experiences)
Locations: McLean, Virginia | Plano, Texas | Richmond, Virginia
Category: Engineering
Experience Level: Sr. Manager
Primary Address: McLean, Virginia

Senior Lead Data Engineer (Intelligent Foundations and Experiences)

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. As a Capital One Senior Lead Data Engineer, youll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One.

Intelligent Foundations & Experiences (IFX) is a powerful collective of horizontal technology organizations that are driving Capital Ones real-time intelligent future. Together with our partners in the Enterprise and across lines of business, we deliver broad-reaching technical solutions and advance state-of-the-art science to help every Capital One associate and our 100 M customers succeed.

• Collaborate with and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in full-stack development tools and technologies.
• Lead 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.

• Bachelors Degree.
• At least 6 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 of experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).

• 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 of experience with Distributed data/computing tools (MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, EMR, Kafka, Spark, Gurobi, or MySQL).
• 4 years of 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.

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.

• McLean, VA: $225,400 - $257,200 for Sr. Lead Data Engineer
• Plano, TX: $204,900 - $233,800 for Sr. Lead Data Engineer
• Richmond, VA: $204,900 - $233,800 for Sr. Lead Data 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 candidates 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.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. 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 ; New York Citys Fair Chance Act; Philadelphias Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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