Senior Lead Software Engineer, Data Management - Capital One Software

Senior Lead Software Engineer, Data Management - Capital One Software

Ever since our first credit card customer in 1994, Capital One has recognized that technology and data can enable even large companies to be innovative and personalized. As one of the first large enterprises to go all-in on the public cloud, Capital One needed to build cloud and data management tools that didn’t exist in the marketplace to enable us to operate at scale in the cloud. And in 2022, we publicly announced Capital One Software and brought our first B2B software solution, Slingshot, to market.

Building on Capital One’s pioneering adoption of modern cloud and data capabilities, Capital One Software is helping accelerate the data management journey at scale for businesses operating in the cloud. If you think of the kind of challenges that companies face – things like data publishing, data consumption, data governance, and infrastructure management – we’ve built tools to address these various needs along the way. Capital One Software will continue to explore where we can bring our solutions to market to help other businesses address these same needs going forward.

We are seeking top tier talent to join our pioneering team and propel us towards our destination. You will be joining a team of innovative product, tech, and design leaders that tirelessly seek to question the status quo. As a Senior Lead Software Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of building this business and bring these tools to market.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer - Data Management, you will:

• Help build innovative products and solutions for problems in the Data Management domain

• Maintain knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices to curate a continuous stream of incubated projects and create rapid product prototypes

• Participate in technology events to support brand awareness of the organization and to attract top talent.

• Champion the adoption of enterprise tech standards and architecture patterns.

• Continuously improve the engineering culture by being engaged in technology community activities, conducting training, authoring blog posts, filing patents etc.

• 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

• Effectively communicate with and influence key stakeholders across the enterprise at all levels of the organization.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field

• At least 12 years of professional software development experience (internship experience does not apply)

• At least 3 years of experience in building software solutions to problems in one of the Data Management areas listed below:

  • Data Catalog / Metadata Store

  • Access Control / Policy Enforcement

  • Data Governance

  • Data Lineage

  • Data Monitoring and Alerting

  • Data Scanning and Protection

• At least 5 years of experience in building software using at least 1 of the following: Golang, Java, Python, Rust, C++

• At least 3 years of experience with a public cloud (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field

• At least 14 years of professional software development experience (internship experience does not apply)

• At least 2 years of experience in building software solutions using one or more of the platforms, tools or concepts listed below:

  • Knowledge Graph / Ontology

  • Apache Spark & Spark SQL internals (e.g.: Catalyst Optimizer)

  • Query engines (e.g.: Presto) & OpenTable formats (e.g: Iceberg)

  • Databricks

  • Snowflake

• Proven ability in building a commercial Data Management product from the ground up

• Proven ability in supporting a commercial Data Management product in cloud with Enterprise clients

• At least 2 years of experience in Agile practices

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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Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).