Senior Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering

About Capital One Canada

For 30 years, we've been on a mission to change banking for good. We challenge the traditional bank stereotype by integrating machine learning, conversational AI and design thinking into our core operations. We're a bank a tech company would build, where your work directly shapes innovative solutions that impact millions of Canadians. We're driven by fearless curiosity, bold innovation, and a collective of authentic people working together to redefine what's possible.

Technology isn’t just part of our strategy, it is our strategy. Everything we do serves our vision and the creation of what's next.

Since 2014, Capital One Canada’s software studio has grown from a team of 10 to a team of over 250. We’re passionate about what we do, and we’re always on the lookout for people who want to make a difference in the world of credit through technology. We’re obsessed with doing the right thing, and we achieve that by finding innovative ways to better serve our customers.

• Helping customers view and monitor their credit scores with Credit Keeper
• Enabling customers to view and edit their Personal Information directly in the Mobile App
• Providing customers 100% certainty which credit cards they’ll be approved for before they apply, by using Quick Check™

We’re all-in on the cloud and we’re leaders in the adoption of open source, RESTful APIs, microservices, and containers. We build our own products and release them with a speed and agility that allows us to get new customer experiences to market quickly. And, as a founder-led company, we’re inspired to make, break, do, and do good.

As a Senior Staff Engineer at Capital One Software Studio, you will orchestrate the creation of technology solutions that align with our business goals. Your day begins with a review of ongoing solution designs that are in different phases of their life cycles. You'll spend your time designing scalable and secure solution architectures, evaluating new technologies, and overseeing the development of high-level designs (HLD).

You will engage in dynamic collaboration with cross-functional teams to advocate for best practices in architecture and design. For the new projects, you will closely work with your business partners to create sound business architectures. By day's end, you will have contributed to solutions and strategies that will shape our future, ensuring that all solutions are not only innovative but also follow our architectural and security standards.

• Architect and lead the development of highly scalable data platforms and distributed processing systems that support Capital One Canada's data-driven initiatives.
• Define and enforce enterprise-wide data governance standards, ensuring data quality, privacy, and compliance across all engineering pipelines.
• Drive the technical strategy for data pipeline engineering, promoting the use of automated, resilient, and observable data workflows.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across all levels and cross-domains to promote technology strategies that deliver better business value and innovation.
• Mentor data engineers in domains such as stream processing, data modeling, and ML Ops.
• Champion data engineering excellence by leading the review of complex data architectures and establishing best practices for schema management and data lifecycle policies.

• At least 8 years of experience in Software Engineering and Systems Architecture or Technology Solution design
• At least 2 years of experience creating solutions architectures in a public cloud (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

• Bachelor's, Master’s or Diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or in related field
• Certification in TOGAF, AWS, or other relevant architectural frameworks.
• 3+ years of experience as a Solutions Architect in large/complex organizations
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering
• 8+ years of experience architecting, designing, and/or delivering scalable and decoupled systems in a heavily regulated technology environment
• 3+ years of experience working with internal and external…