Capital One

banking

Sr.DistinguishedEngineer,CardAcquisitions&GrowthPlatforms

$286–327k McLean, Virginia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Sr. Distinguished Engineer, Card Acquisitions & Growth Platforms at Capital One. Skills: Software engineering, solution architecture, Enterprise architecture, design patterns, Javascript, TypeScript, SPA frameworks, API design, microservices architecture, cloud technologies, SRE, operational excellence. define the future of banking in the cloud. devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems”

What You'll Achieve.

optimize business outcomes; put more Capital One cards in more wallets; raises operational excellence across the entire Acquisitions domain; achieving statistical process control and operational maturity

Industry & Context.

banking
Problems you'll solve

devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems; Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's Degree, At least 9 years of experience in Software engineering and solution architecture, At least 9 years of experience in Enterprise architecture and design patterns, At least 9 years of experience with Javascript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks

Nice to Have

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field, 10+ years of experience in software engineering, distributed systems architecture, or platform engineering, 5+ years of experience leading large-scale engineering organizations (50+ engineers across multiple management layers), Deep experience with API design, microservices architecture, and platform evolution in high-availability, high-throughput environments, Experience founding or leading SRE / production excellence functions, including SLO management, incident response, and reliability engineering, Demonstrated ability to partner with product management and business stakeholders to co-own product strategy — not just take tickets, Track record of decommissioning legacy systems and executing large-scale migrations without disrupting production traffic or team morale, 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, etc., 10+ 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

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

lead through technical contribution

operate as a trusted advisor for key technologies

platforms and capability domains

share knowledge both inside and outside the organization

set and deliver the technical agenda for foundational platforms and horizontal thread teams

make credit decisioning real time and intelligent

drive an agenda to ship exponentially more products

arm cross-functional partners with GenAI tools

experimentation frameworks

and configurable/extensible systems

lead 300+ engineers across multiple directors

grow high-potential senior leaders

found a novel SRE function

work elbow-to-elbow with project teams coding

optimizing and operating systems

survey broad business domains

craft a technical strategy

dive deep into details and personally deliver high-leverage projects

articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision

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

continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge

handle several projects simultaneously

partner with product management to set an ambitious roadmap

hands-on full-stack coding

own the customer acquisitions data ecosystem

arm analysts with high-quality data feeds

lead the multi-year strategy to decommission legacy systems and converge the acquisitions stack

stand up and scale a hybrid SRE + Engineering Productivity function

design solutions that enable non-technical contributors to design

and deliver marketing experiments

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; partner with product management to set an ambitious roadmap; partner with product management and business stakeholders to co-own product strategy

Communication Scope

creating clear and concise communications; code samples, blog posts and other material to share knowledge

Process & Methodology

Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing your time to maximize impact

Full Job Description

Sr. Distinguished Engineer, Card Acquisitions & Growth Platforms As a Sr. 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. In this role, you will be the technical lead for the Card Acquisitions engineering organization, setting and delivering the technical agenda for the foundational platforms and horizontal thread teams (SRE, Sustained Engineering, Data, and Operations) that power how we match customers to the right credit product with the right terms. You will make credit decisioning real time and intelligent, sp

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