Capital One

Staff Engineer -Developer Insights & AI Telemetry

$245K–$335K

New York, NY +4 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026

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Location: New York, NY
McLean, VA
Richmond, VA
Plano, TX
Wilmington, DE
Experience: At least 7 years in data engineering; 3 years in data architecture; 2 years building applications in AWS; 5 years programming and designing data pipelines; 3 years in data modeling and end-to-end data solutions. Preferred experience ranges from 1+ to 10+ years, depending on area.
Education: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field; a Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.
Visa sponsorship: Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

About the job

Leads the architecture and engineering of an enterprise developer telemetry and insight platform, using real-time data and AI to measure developer activity and generative AI outcomes.

What you'll do

Set the roadmap for distributed AI telemetry, streaming data engineering, and developer insights; scale the telemetry platform for high-volume events.
Build AI inference and data capabilities to assess code and AI use cases, measure generative AI throughput and ROI, and connect telemetry to business outcomes.
Own event-driven data architecture and privacy controls, and contribute technically through prototyping, engineering guidance, and mentoring.

What they ask for

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
At least 7 years of experience in data engineering and 3 years in data architecture.
At least 2 years building applications in AWS.
At least 5 years programming in Python, Java, or Scala; 5 years designing and developing data pipelines; and 3 years in data modeling and end-to-end data solutions using relational and non-relational databases.

Nice to have

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Experience deploying machine learning models, streaming data pipelines, cloud data workloads, or data observability and orchestration tools.

Pay

$269,100 - $307,200 USD base salary (McLean, VA); $293,600 - $335,100 USD base salary (New York, NY); $244,700 - $279,200 USD base salary (Plano, TX); $244,700 - $279,200 USD base salary (Richmond, VA); $244,700 - $279,200 USD base salary (Wilmington, DE)

Tools

AWS, Python, Java, Scala, SQL, EMR, Spark, Glue

AI focus

Develops AI telemetry and inference capabilities, including LLM-as-a-Judge models, to classify AI use cases, assess code complexity, and measure generative AI throughput and ROI.

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