Distinguished Engineer (Card Tech)
AI summary of the role
This is a Distinguished Engineer role on the Capital One Travel Data & Personalization team, responsible for architecting the next-generation Travel Intelligence Platform.
What you’ll do
- Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain
- Partner with the Travel Data & Personalization team to architect the Travel Intelligence Platform, including foundational data schemas and orchestration layers
- Establish a holistic Agentic AI framework bridging data orchestration and real-world execution
- Design the growth marketing engine, leading strategic selection and architectural integration of the technology stack
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s Degree
- At least 9 years of experience in software engineering (including solution architecture and enterprise design patterns)
- At least 7 years of experience in Data Engineering or Machine Learning Engineering building large-scale production data pipelines (PySpark, SQL, Airflow)
- At least 5 years of experience in Cloud Native Architecture including container orchestration (Kubernetes or KubeFlow) and serverless design
Technologies
PySpark · SQL · Airflow · Kubernetes · KubeFlow · AWS · Delta Lake · Snowflake · Iceberg · Kafka
Source and classification
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where the ideas of others can be heard and championed. You will lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Capital One Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting to keep building our community. Distinguished Engineers are expected to lead through technical contribution. You will operate as a trusted advisor for our key technologies, platforms and capability domains, creating clear and concise communications, code samples, blog posts and other material to share knowledge both inside and outside the organization. You will specialize in a particular subject area, but your input and impact will be sought and expected throughout the organization. In this role, you will partner with the Capital One Travel Data & Personalization team to architect the next generation of our Travel Intelligence Platform, serving as the primary architect for the foundational data schemas
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Distinguished Engineer (Card Tech) As a Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be a part of a community of technical experts working to define the future of banking in the cloud. You will work alongside our talented team of developers, machine learning experts, product managers and people leaders. Our Distinguished Engineers are leading experts in their domains, helping devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems. You will drive innovation at multiple levels, helping optimize business outcomes while driving towards strong technology solutions. At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. You will promote a culture of engineering excellence, and strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing an inclusive environment where the ideas of others can be heard and championed. You will lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Capital One Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting to keep building our community. Distinguished Engineers are expected to lead through technical contribution. You will operate as a trusted advisor for our key technologies, platforms and capability domains, creating clear and concise communications, code samples, blog posts and other material to share knowledge bo [... source excerpt omitted ...] e and outside the organization. You will specialize in a particular subject area, but your input and impact will be sought and expected throughout the organization. In this role, you will partner with the Capital One Travel Data & Personalization team to architect the next generation of our Travel Intelligence Platform, serving as the primary architect for the foundational data schemas and orchestration layers that power our entire travel ecosystem. Your mission is to move beyond reactive tools by establishing a holistic Agentic AI framework—a vision where reasoning-based agents bridge the gap between high-scale data orchestration and real-world execution. You will be responsibl [... source excerpt omitted ...] s and prepares recommendations while incorporating human-in-the-loop approval when necessary. A key component of your strategy will be designing our growth marketing engine, where you will lead the strategic selection and architectural integration of our technology stack to ensure seamless, hyper-personalized, and value-optimized customer acquisition. By unifying these intelligent systems with a robust and scalable data architecture, you will transform how millions of customers discover, book, and experience travel within our premium portfolio. If you are ready to provide thought leadership and build engineering excellence across Capital One's engineering teams, come join us in
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