Sr. Distinguished Engineer - Data Architecture
- Employer
- Capital One
- Location
- McLean, Virginia
- Closing date
- Jan 21, 2021
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- Industry
- Financial Services and Banking
- Function
- Finance
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Sr. Distinguished Engineer - Data Architecture
At Capital One, we believe in the values of Excellence and Doing the Right Thing. We are a technology-oriented company delivering financial products to market through modern technology and constant innovation at a massive scale.
Distinguished Engineers are...
- Deep technical experts and thought leaders that help accelerate adoption of the very best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices
- Visionaries, collaborating on Capital One's toughest issues, to deliver on business needs that directly impact the lives of our customers and associates
- Role models and mentors, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
- Evangelists, both internally and externally, helping to elevate the Distinguished Engineering community and establish themselves as a go-to resource on given technologies and technology-enabled capabilities
- Leaders who gain the trust and confidence of those around them, from hands on engineers to executives
Whether a member of our engineering or architecture teams, Distinguished Engineers are individual contributors expected to solve problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, and iterative delivery environment. In order to meet these demands, candidates should be influential engineering leaders with deep technology expertise, and a collaborative style that brings others into the decision-making process. Distinguished Engineers will significantly impact the Tech agenda within their organization and devise clear roadmaps to deliver next generation technology solutions across organizational boundaries.
Responsibilities:
- Build awareness, increase knowledge sharing and drive adoption of modern technologies and architecture patterns, sharing customer and engineering benefits to gain buy-in
- Promote a culture of engineering excellence and being well-managed, using opportunities to reuse and innersource solutions where possible
- Operate as a trusted advisor for data transformation and machine learning ecosystem, helping to shape use cases and implementation in an integrated manner
- Be the guiding force for stakeholders in design and architecture discussions, helping the engineering teams make key technology choices, and staying associated with the use case through its development lifecycle
- Lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting external talent to bolster Capital One's Tech talent
- Bring in a larger context to 100+ software teams across multiple domains and guide their architecture evolution in response to business changes
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree
- At least 5 years of experience with data architecture, design patterns, modeling, and governance
- At least 5 years of experience working with data in software development, data science, or machine learning
- At least 5 years of experience with data life cycles and uses (meta-data, schemas, and lineage)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Data Science or Software Engineering
- 7+ years of experience with enterprise data, master data management, and analytical architectures
- 5+ years of experience in machine learning and data science
- 4+ years of experience with building cloud native architectures, architecting enterprise applications on public cloud platforms and cloud ecosystems including AWS, GCP or Azure
Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Company
We Don’t Only Think Big Things—At Capital One, We Do Big Things.
You’re dedicated to your career. You deserve professional satisfaction and personal fulfillment. You belong at Capital One.
Here, every day brings another chance to do impactful work that matters: helping millions of customers confidently manage their money, building stronger communities and delivering truly disruptive tech. You’ll give your all alongside some of the brightest, most resilient people in the industry—and in return, you’ll enjoy the growth opportunities, support, flexibility and benefits you need for an exhilarating life both on and off the job.
Be inspired. Be yourself. That’s #LifeAtCapitalOne.
Creating a Culture of Belonging
At Capital One, we value diversity, inclusion and belonging at our core. We’re building a place of belonging—where everyone can feel seen, heard, valued and free to be their authentic selves. We want to be a place of opportunity—where associates from all backgrounds innovate for our customers and communities, and build meaningful, fulfilling careers.
We endeavor to be a welcoming and inspiring place for all. We seek and embrace diversity. And we’re committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, focused on increasing the representation of underrepresented groups, strengthening our culture of inclusion and belonging and harnessing our scale to invest in our communities.
We’re focused on three core principles to advance diversity, inclusion and belonging across Capital One:
Create a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive and innovate
Attract and develop talent from all backgrounds and experiences
Ensure our systems and programs promote fairness and equity
Get a career with more at Capital One. Discover it for yourself today.
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, race, color, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, disability or other protected status.
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