Capital One

banking

DistinguishedEngineer

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

“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.

banking
Problems you'll solve

Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions

Eligibility Requirements

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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