Capital One
banking
DistinguishedEngineer
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“Distinguished Engineer at Capital One. Skills: technical vision, complex problem decomposition, technical design quality, non-functional system characteristics, advanced technical knowledge, thought leadership, engineering excellence. Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain. Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions”
Industry & Context.
Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions
Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's Degree, At least 7 years of experience in: General software, Software engineering and solution architecture, Enterprise architecture and design patterns, Testing, Deployment and Production Support, At least 5 years of experience in Network engineering and architecture, Security engineering and architecture, Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud), Data architecture (Event Driven architecture)
Nice to Have
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field, 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Swift., 8+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support, 3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies, Agentic AI
What You'll Do.
Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain
Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions
Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation
Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics
scalability and operability
Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our community
Handle several projects simultaneously
balancing your time to maximize impact
Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community
helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
lead through technical contribution
operate as a trusted advisor for our key technologies
platforms and capability domains
creating clear and concise communications
blog posts and other material to share knowledge both inside and outside the organization
specialize in a particular subject area
build and maintain industry-leading customer facing products and third-party integrations supporting digital wallets
and virtual credit cards
provide thought leadership
build engineering excellence across Capital One's engineering teams
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work alongside our talented team of developers, machine learning experts, product managers and people leaders; influence, collaborate and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries; promoting a culture of engineering excellence; providing an inclusive environment where the ideas of others can be heard and championed; actively recruiting to keep building our community; share knowledge both inside and outside the organization; collaborative team innovating solutions
Communication Scope
creating clear and concise communications; code samples; blog posts
Process & Methodology
Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing your time to maximize impact
Full Job Description
Distinguished Engineer 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. We are a passionate, inclusive, and collaborative team innovating solutions for Capital One U.S. Card Technology. The team builds and maintains industry-leading customer facing products and third-party integrations supporting digital wallets, network tokenization, and virtual credit cards. Our technology stack is housed in the public cloud and uses the latest serverless patterns and application architectures. If you are ready to provide th
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