Lead Data Engineer (Intelligent Foundations and Experiences)

Discover Financial
Plano, Richmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 193,400 - 220,700 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 4+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Collaboration","Mentoring","Code review","Performance tuning","Staying current with technology trends"]

Lead data engineering initiatives within Intelligent Foundations & Experiences, partnering across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support full-stack solutions. Work with engineers experienced in machine learning, distributed microservices, and real-time data platforms. Build robust cloud-based data solutions using Java, Scala, Python, RDBMS/NoSQL technologies, and warehousing services like Redshift and Snowflake, while mentoring and ensuring code quality, performance, and unit-tested delivery.

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Job Summary

Lead data engineering initiatives within Intelligent Foundations & Experiences, partnering across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support full-stack solutions. Work with engineers experienced in machine learning, distributed microservices, and real-time data platforms. Build robust cloud-based data solutions using Java, Scala, Python, RDBMS/NoSQL technologies, and warehousing services like Redshift and Snowflake, while mentoring and ensuring code quality, performance, and unit-tested delivery.
Location: Plano, Richmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Collaborate with Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support full-stack solutions.
  • •Build systems using distributed microservices and machine learning–informed development approaches.
  • •Use programming languages (Java, Scala, Python) and work with RDBMS/NoSQL databases and cloud data warehousing services.
  • •Partner with digital product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions that improve customer experiences.
  • •Perform unit tests and code reviews to ensure code quality, tuning, and performance.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 193,400 - 220,700 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s Degree.
  • •At least 4 years of experience in application development (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).
  • •Preferred: 7+ years in application development with Python, SQL, Scala, or Java and 4+ years in distributed data/computing, streaming, NoSQL, and/or data warehousing (Redshift or Snowflake).
Experience:4+ yearsBig dataCloud computingMachine learningDistributed microservicesReal-time streamingData warehousing
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CollaborationMentoringCode reviewPerformance tuningStaying current with technology trends
Tech Stack:JavaScalaPythonOpen SourceRDBMSNoSQLRedshiftSnowflakeAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudMapReduceHadoopHiveEMRKafkaSparkGurobiMySQLMongo

Eligibility

Visa:H1BF-1 OPTF-1 STEM OPTF-1 CPTJ-1TNE-2E-3L-1O-1
Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

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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