Capital One

Banking

DistinguishedEngineer-AgenticAI

$269–307k McLean, Virginia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Distinguished Engineer - Agentic AI at Capital One. Skills: Agentic AI, software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, AWS, Cloud computing, prototyping, scaling, technical strategy. define the future of banking in the cloud. devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems”

What You'll Achieve.

optimize business outcomes; drive towards technology solutions; help businesses do more business; move BC&P beyond manual and reactive marketing and sales tools; deliver systems that produce step function growth for our business; help the org more quickly adopt AI technologies; ensuring that existing systems remain healthy and continue to serve the business

Industry & Context.

Banking
Problems you'll solve

devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems; exceptional judgement for when to apply technical, process, or risk-acceptance solutions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's Degree, At least 7 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture, At least 7 years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns, At least 3 years of experience with AWS

Nice to Have

Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field, 2+ years of experience working on applied and agentic AI systems, communication skills with the ability to translate "Agentic AI" concepts into business value, 10+ years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud), 10+ years of experience coding in at least one of the following: Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, Swift, 10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support

What You'll Do.

define the future of banking in the cloud

devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems

drive innovation at multiple levels

optimize business outcomes

drive towards technology solutions

promote a culture of engineering excellence

strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing an inclusive environment

lead the way in creating next-generation talent

mentoring internal talent

lead through technical contribution

operate as a trusted advisor for key technologies

platforms and capability domains

creating clear and concise communications

blog posts and other material to share knowledge

specialize in a particular subject area

move BC&P beyond manual and reactive marketing and sales tools

create destination architecture for marketing platforms

build tools that help sales teams be more effective

lay the technical foundations of a real-time marketing strategy

defining long term technical strategy

and scaling of agentic systems

define the future of our architecture

collaborate across Capital One to drive innovation

deliver systems that produce step function growth for our business

prototyping new features and systems

shaping our future architecture

evaluating what systems to build vs buy

sharing knowledge internally and externally

deeply mentor the next generation of technical talent

Rapidly prototype & assess new technologies that enable hyper personalized marketing and assistive field sales systems

Partner with (& influence) our enterprise and card tech organizations to help Capital One develop the best agentic marketing & sales systems on the planet

Establish and evangelize technical charters that will help the org more quickly adopt AI technologies

Bridge the gap between our current systems and the future

ensuring that existing systems remain healthy and continue to serve the business

Regularly clear roadblocks for developers across the org

Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics

scalability and operability

Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our community

Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community

Provide architectural guidance and designs for large scale cross-domain programs

Working with engineering teams to design and execute PoCs and hands-on code contribution/reviews where necessary

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

work alongside our talented team of developers, machine learning experts, product managers and people leaders; collaborating across Capital One to drive innovation; Partner with (& influence) our enterprise and card tech organizations; Working with engineering teams to design and execute PoCs and hands-on code contribution/reviews where necessary

Communication Scope

creating clear and concise communications; communication skills with the ability to translate "Agentic AI" concepts into business value

Process & Methodology

full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support

Full Job Description

Distinguished Engineer - Agentic AI 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 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. ****About the Team**** Business Cards & Payment's mission is to help businesses do more business - and the advent of Agentic AI offers massive new opportunities for BC&P to do so through real-time marketing and hyper personalized sales systems for business card customers. We’re hiring a Distinguished Engineer who is ready to carve BC&P’s path towards an agentic future. Your mission will be to move BC&P beyond manual and reacti

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