Capital One
Data Engineer 5
$209K–$262K
McLean, VA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- McLean, VA
Richmond, VA - Experience
- 6+ years application development; 4+ years each in distributed data, SQL, a listed programming language, and data pipeline design; 2+ years in data modeling and end-to-end solutions.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field; Master’s Degree preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
About the job
Lead the design and delivery of scalable cloud data platforms, pipelines, and AI-powered risk management solutions, while guiding engineering practices and mentoring peers.
What you'll do
- Design, build, operate, and support scalable, resilient data pipelines and cloud data solutions.
- Lead architectural decisions and large-scale data initiatives; establish reusable engineering patterns and communicate outcomes to stakeholders.
- Collaborate across Agile teams and mentor engineers, analysts, and data scientists.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
- At least 6 years of application development experience (internships do not count).
- At least 4 years of experience in distributed data, SQL, a listed programming language (Python, Java, or Scala), and designing and developing data pipelines.
- At least 2 years designing data models and end-to-end data solutions with relational and non-relational databases.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Experience in data engineering, public cloud, distributed workloads, streaming pipelines, data observability or orchestration, NoSQL, data warehousing, Agile, or reusable data products.
Pay
$229,900 - $262,400 USD base salary (McLean, VA); $209,000 - $238,500 USD base salary (Richmond, VA)
Tools
Python, Spark, SQL, Java, Scala, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS
AI focus
Build and deploy proprietary risk management solutions powered by AI; work with machine learning and AI-enhanced products.
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