Capital One
Data Engineer 5 (Senior Manager, IC)
$230K–$286K
New York, NY +2 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
McLean, VA
Cambridge, MA - Experience
- At least 6 years in application development; at least 4 years each in distributed data, SQL, programming with Python, Java, or Scala, and data pipeline design and development; at least 2 years in data modeling and end-to-end data solutions. Preferred experience includes 8+ years in data engineering and other listed experience ranges.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field; preferred Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
About the job
Build and lead scalable cloud data platforms, pipelines, and applications, making architectural decisions and mentoring engineers while advancing enterprise data capabilities for AI.
What you'll do
- Design, build, support, and improve cloud data solutions, pipelines, and platforms for scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency.
- Lead large-scale data initiatives and establish reusable engineering patterns and platform choices.
- Provide technical influence and mentorship, and communicate data outcomes to stakeholders.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
- At least 6 years of experience in application development (Internship experience does not apply).
- At least 4 years of experience in distributed data, SQL, programming with Python, Java, or Scala, and designing and developing data pipelines.
- At least 2 years of experience in data modeling and designing end-to-end data solutions using relational and non-relational database systems.
Nice to have
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Experience with AWS, distributed data workloads, streaming pipelines, NoSQL, data warehousing, Agile, reusable data products, or observability/orchestration tools.
Pay
$229,900 - $262,400 USD base salary (Cambridge, MA); $229,900 - $262,400 USD base salary (McLean, VA); $250,800 - $286,200 USD base salary (New York, NY)
Tools
Python, Spark, SQL, Java, Scala, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS
AI focus
Evolve enterprise data capabilities for the AI world; the role involves building data platforms and solutions that support this direction.
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