Full-Time

Sr. Director

Data Engineering

Posted on 11/13/2024

Capital One

Capital One

10,001+ employees

Offers diverse financial products and services

Fintech
Financial Services

Compensation Overview

$321.5k - $366.9kAnnually

+ Performance-based incentive compensation + Cash bonuses + Long-term incentives

Senior, Expert

H1B Sponsorship Available

Cambridge, MA, USA + 3 more

More locations: McLean, VA, USA | Richmond, VA, USA | New York, NY, USA

Hybrid position in New York City.

Category
Data Management
Data Engineering
Data & Analytics
Required Skills
Apache Spark
AWS
Snowflake
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • At least 9 years of experience in software engineering or data engineering
  • At least 7 years of people management experience
  • Master’s Degree (Preferred)
  • Experience managing the tech strategy for an organization’s product (Preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience in AWS or public-cloud technologies (Preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience in Data consumption, management or governance (Preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience leading multi-functional data engineering teams (Preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience with Spark, Snowflake, or Flink (Preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience with data orchestration tools (Preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience with data lineage, data quality, and data observability (Preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience with data ingestion tools (Preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience with data pipeline and transforms tools (Preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience with full stack development (Preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience with running high-availability, highly resilient platforms (Preferred)
Responsibilities
  • Serve as a change agent, driving our data strategy and capabilities forward to deliver trusted, well managed quality data experiences for all data stewards and stakeholders
  • Focus on building leading-edge capabilities in support of ensuring world-class experiences for data producers and consumers with enterprise platforms
  • Partner with Product and Design teams to strategize and build leading technology solutions
  • Stay abreast of emerging technologies and market trends in data, applying learnings to improve our business and customer experience
  • Drive a forward-looking data strategy that can realize long-term and commercial objectives
  • Lead a data organization of approximately 70+ engineers
  • Commitment to high-quality delivery, engineering excellence, and uncompromising operations
  • Develop data products, platforms, and services that fully enable all customers of the data ecosystem to deliver the business strategy and performance objectives, unleashing the full power of data for their business
  • Built modern data stacks from the ground up and managed them in production at scale
  • Successfully manage an engaged and sophisticated set of business and technology customers who possess a strong understanding of and high expectations regarding data
  • As a transformational leader, recruit, nurture and retain top talent, building a world-class engineering team within the enterprise technology organization
  • Serve as an inspiring role model, a leader the team wants to emulate
  • Motivate a highly talented next level of leaders, ensuring succession as well as their own people development objectives
  • Drive the team to understand, challenge and improve the technologies through which Capital One leverages data and predictive analytics
  • 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
  • Establish a trusted, close touch relationship with divisional data leaders

Capital One offers a range of financial services, including credit cards, savings accounts, car loans, and business checking accounts, primarily in the United States. The company focuses on user-friendly banking solutions with no fees or minimums for checking accounts, making it easier for customers to manage their finances. Capital One differentiates itself by emphasizing financial inclusion and literacy, partnering with organizations to provide educational resources. Their goal is to make banking more accessible and straightforward for everyone.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$15.9M

Headquarters

McLean, Virginia

Founded

2014

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Partnership with Minna Technologies positions Capital One as a leader in subscription management.
  • Collaboration with Worldpay enhances payment security, addressing payment fraud concerns.
  • Recognition by HITEC as 2024 Corporation of the Year boosts brand reputation.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition in subscription management may dilute Capital One's first-mover advantage.
  • Key executive departures, like Joe Rodriguez, could impact risk management capabilities.
  • Focus on mobile banking may attract regulatory scrutiny over data privacy and security.

What makes Capital One unique

  • Capital One offers user-friendly banking with no fees or minimums for checking accounts.
  • The company emphasizes financial inclusion through community partnerships and philanthropic efforts.
  • Capital One's mobile app provides innovative subscription management tools for credit card users.

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Benefits

Medical, Dental, & Vision coverage

Onsite Health Centers

Prescription saving with network of local pharmacies

Stock Purchase Plan

Education Assistance

401(k)

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life and Disability insurance

Generous paid time off + corporate & floating holidays

Registered dieticians on site, cooking classes and free virtual fitness classes

Employee Assistance Program

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