Director, Data Engineering - Card Technology

Director, Data Engineering - Card Technology

Capital One is seeking a Director of Data Engineering to work in our Card Data Engineering and Analytics organization. This leader will be accountable for driving a unified low-latency systems development and management strategy across the organization, partnering with various enterprise teams. This individual will also spearhead the creation of modern, scalable, and innovative real-time solutions that streamline operational workflows and enhance responsiveness. This role will build and guide teams to deliver highly available and performant data pipelines and platforms, fostering a culture of excellence in distributed systems engineering and operational best practices.

This leader must have the ability to attract and recruit the industry’s best talent, and simultaneously have the technical chops to ensure that we build compelling, customer-oriented solutions in an iterative methodology. Success in the role requires an innovative mind, a proven track record of delivering next generation software and data products, rigorous analytical skills, and a passion for delivering customer value through automation, machine learning and predictive analytics.
 

Our Directors Are

• Technologists: Strong engineering and technology background with the ability to learn quickly and go deep into our product and engineering solutions - will have a DevOps mindset

• Effective Communicators: Excellent listener; proven collaborator with senior leaders, peers and staff

• Partnership Attitude: Have the competencies to build very strong partnerships with other technology leaders that enable your team's ability to stay on the leading edge of industry solutions

• Curious: Hands-on, "roll up your sleeves" collaborative style of working

• Passionate: Bring energy and enthusiasm to the job and organization

• Bold: History of taking smart, calculated risks and aggressively leading through change

• Achievers: Consistently attain/exceed individual and team goals
   

You Will

• Lead, manage, and grow multiple teams of product focused software & data engineers

• Embrace and incubate emerging technology and open-source products across all platforms

• Work to modernize our existing tech stacks and data platforms

• Collaborate with internal teams to find areas of opportunities for automation and machine learning

• Partner with architects, product owners, data professionals, and software & data engineers to drive the implementation of new applications

• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement and support technical solutions across full-stack development tools and technologies

• Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments and provide operational support for the applications

• Conduct design and code review to ensure compliance with standards
   

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree

• At least 5 years of people management experience

• At least 7 year of software engineering or data engineering experience

• At least 3 years of experience with cloud-based data platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree

• 7+ years of experience in data engineering, real-time system design, and distributed systems management

• 3+  years of experience with Data Lake Infrastructure, Data Warehousing, and Data Analytics tools

• 3+ years of experience with AWS

 

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.

Chicago, IL: $239,900 - $273,800 for Director, Data Engineering

 

McLean, VA: $263,900 - $301,200 for Director, Data Engineering

 

New York, NY: $287,800 - $328,500 for Director, Data Engineering

 

Plano, TX: $239,900 - $273,800 for Director, Data Engineering

 

Richmond, VA: $239,900 - $273,800 for Director, Data Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 candidate’s 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 committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. 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 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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