Lead Data Engineer

Discover Financial
Wilmington
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 179,400 - 204,700 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 4+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Collaboration","Iterative delivery","Code review","Unit testing","Mentoring"]

Build and deliver cloud-based data engineering solutions in collaboration with Agile teams. As a Lead Data Engineer, you’ll work with developers experienced in machine learning, distributed microservices, and full-stack systems, using Java, Scala, Python, and databases to power robust experiences. You’ll design, test, implement, and support technical solutions, perform unit tests and code reviews, and mentor engineers while helping drive Capital One’s major data transformation.

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Lead Data Engineer

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Job Summary

Build and deliver cloud-based data engineering solutions in collaboration with Agile teams. As a Lead Data Engineer, you’ll work with developers experienced in machine learning, distributed microservices, and full-stack systems, using Java, Scala, Python, and databases to power robust experiences. You’ll design, test, implement, and support technical solutions, perform unit tests and code reviews, and mentor engineers while helping drive Capital One’s major data transformation.
Location: Wilmington
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Collaborate with Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions.
  • •Work with developers on systems spanning machine learning, distributed microservices, and full-stack architectures.
  • •Use programming languages and data technologies to build cloud data warehousing and database solutions (e.g., Redshift, Snowflake, RDBMS/NoSQL).
  • •Perform unit tests and code reviews to ensure code quality and performance.
  • •Partner with digital product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions supporting customer experiences.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 179,400 - 204,700 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree.
  • •At least 4 years of application development experience (internship experience does not apply).
  • •At least 2 years of experience in big data technologies.
  • •At least 1 year of experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
  • •Experience with relevant data engineering areas such as data warehousing, distributed computing, streaming, NoSQL, and UNIX/Linux is preferred.
Experience:4+ yearsBig dataMachine learningDistributed systemsMicroservicesData warehousingStreaming
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CollaborationIterative deliveryCode reviewUnit testingMentoring
Tech Stack:JavaScalaPythonAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudRedshiftSnowflakeRDBMSNoSQLMongoCassandraMapReduceHadoopHiveEMRKafkaSparkGurobiMySQL

Company Brief

Discover Financial
Provides consumer banking products, credit cards, personal loans, and payment services through the Discover brand. It operates a major U.S. financial network and serves individuals and merchants with lending and digital payment solutions.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Riverwoods, United States
Founded: 1985
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