Capital One
Manager, Data Engineering - Modeling and Architecture
$179K–$225K
Richmond, VA +2 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- Richmond, VA
McLean, VA
Cambridge, MA - Experience
- At least 4 years of application development; at least 2 years each in distributed data, SQL, one programming language (Python, Java, or Scala), and data pipeline design and development; at least 1 year in data modeling and end-to-end data solutions.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering).
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or offer immigration-related support for this position.
About the job
Leads the design, development, and operation of scalable, secure cloud data platforms and pipelines, while setting engineering patterns and guiding a data engineering team.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and support cloud data solutions, platforms, and pipelines for scalability, resilience, security, and operational efficiency.
- Establish and enforce data engineering design patterns and communicate technical concepts and outcomes to stakeholders.
- Collaborate across Agile teams and mentor data community members while influencing developers, analysts, and data scientists.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
- At least 4 years of application development experience; internship experience does not apply.
- At least 2 years of experience in distributed data, SQL, one of Python, Java, or Scala, and data pipeline design and development.
- At least 1 year designing data models and end-to-end data solutions using relational and non-relational databases.
Nice to have
- 4+ years of experience in Data Architecture / Data Modeling.
- Experience with public cloud environments, distributed data tools, streaming pipelines, data observability or orchestration, NoSQL databases, data warehousing, Agile, or reusable data products.
Pay
$197,300 - $225,100 USD base salary (Cambridge, MA); $197,300 - $225,100 USD base salary (McLean, VA); $179,400 - $204,700 USD base salary (Richmond, VA)
Tools
Python, Spark, Databricks, Snowflake, SQL, Java, Scala, Airflow
AI focus
Works with and influences data scientists experienced in machine learning; no specific AI development duties are stated.
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