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Senior Manager, Data Engineering (hands on)

Do you want to work for a tech company that writes its own code, develops its own software, and builds its own products? As a Capital One Software or Data Engineer, you'll work on everything from customer-facing web and mobile applications using cutting-edge open source frameworks, to highly-available RESTful services, to back-end Java based systems. We experiment and innovate leveraging technologies such as: node.js, Java, AngularJS, React, Python, JSON, XML, HTML / HTML5, CSS, Chef, Maven, iOS, Swift, Android, and AWS, to name a few. We engineer breakthrough customer experiences, and bring simplicity and humanity to banking.

At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.

Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.

Senior Manager, Data Engineering (hands on)

Do you want to work for a tech company that writes its own code, develops its own software, and builds its own products? We experiment and innovate leveraging the latest technologies, engineer breakthrough customer experiences, and bring simplicity and humanity to banking. We make a difference for 65 million customers. At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors, who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We want you to be curious and ask “what if?”

Our Enterprise Customer Intelligence team is building the next generation of real-time, data-driven services that power machine-learning capabilities to our digital products. These services serve insights that drive key decision making at Capital One. We are looking for software engineers who are strong with fundamentals and have a proven curiosity to explore and tinker with new technology. The team is still in growth mode as we build out the foundational technology and features. If you want to be a key player in a team that functions like a start-up, but has the backing of a large corporation this is the role for you.

Responsibilities:

  • Recruit, manage, and retain a team of talented engineers
  • Mentor less experienced people managers and lead by example
  • Influence peer teams and leadership to ensure our technology culture is one where engineers proudly do their best work every day
  • Raise the bar for technical excellence
  • Develop code to meet story acceptance criteria
  • Work as part of a dynamic team throughout the software development life cycle
  • Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to construct a product delivery strategy, r reasonable roadmaps, and timelines
  • Collaborate with architects, engineers, data scientists, and analysts to implement enhancements or new applications
  • Conduct design and code review to ensure compliance with standards and expected quality
  • Estimate level of effort to develop code to meet acceptance criteria
  • Navigate the organization as necessary to unblock the team and ensure timely delivery

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or military experience
  • At least 8 years of application development experience
  • At least 5 years of experience with version control systems
  • At least 5 years of experience with JVM languages
  • At least 5 years of experience with writing software leveraging automated testing and TDD practices
  • At least 4 years of people management responsibilities with direct reports
  • At least 4 years of experience having end-to-end technical ownership over projects
  • At least 1 year experience working with public or private cloud infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Exposure to Java performance tuning and monitoring
  • Experience working with Spring frameworks
  • Experience working with a functional programming language like Scala
  • Experience in scripting languages (python, perl, or ruby)
  • Experience building systems leveraging a streaming architecture
  • Experience working with Docker
  • Experience with Ansible / Terraform
  • Experience working with CICD pipeline (CircleCI, Jenkins, or equivalent)
  • Experience in publish/subscribe queuing systems (kafka, MQ-Series, SQS, or equivalent)
  • Experience with Micro services architecture (design and implementation)
  • Excellent written and oral communication
  • Open source contribution

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, 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.

If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com

Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site. 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).

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