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Job Description
What Capital One offers
Join Capital One in its Finance Tech initiative for an on-site role in Richmond, Virginia, with a competitive annual salary of USD 179,400 to 204,700. You will work in a collaborative environment that emphasizes cloud-based data platforms and data-driven financial decisions. The position includes comprehensive health and financial benefits, along with a performance-based incentive program that may include cash bonuses and long-term incentives. This role welcomes ongoing learning and mentorship within a supportive engineering community.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Agile teams to design, build, test, deploy, and support technical solutions using full-stack tools and technologies.
- Join a development team with deep experience in machine learning, distributed microservices, and full-stack systems.
- Work with Java, Scala, and Python, plus Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases, and cloud data warehousing services such as Redshift and Snowflake.
- Share a passion for staying current with technology trends, experimenting with new tools, participating in internal and external tech communities, and mentoring other engineers.
- Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions that empower millions of Americans to achieve financial empowerment.
- Perform unit tests and participate in code reviews to ensure well-designed, cleanly coded, and performance-tuned software.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- At least 4 years of experience in application development (internships do not count)
- At least 2 years of experience with big data technologies
- At least 1 year of cloud computing experience (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
Technologies
- Java
- Scala
- Python
- Redshift
- Snowflake
- Mongo
- Cassandra
- Hadoop
- Hive
- MapReduce
- EMR
- Kafka
- Spark
- Gurobi
- MySQL
- UNIX/Linux
- Shell scripting
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Financial benefits
- Performance-based incentive compensation (cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives)