Distinguished Engineer - Card Tech
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.
This role is part of the Card Technology's Servicing Platforms organization. Servicing Platforms play a critical role in support of our business, and we are on a strategic journey to unlock the power of the platforms and achieve compelling enterprise-level customer servicing outcomes.
In this role you will work with teams across the company to create real-time and intelligent servicing experiences and products that are powered by some of the advanced technology (such as Artificial Intelligence). In this role, you won't just execute a roadmap, you will be a strategist defining which modern technologies will solve problems our stakeholders haven't even imagined yet.
If you are ready to provide thought leadership and build engineering excellence across Capital One's engineering teams, come join us in our mission to change banking for good.
Key responsibilities:
- 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, such as performance, 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
- Ensure code is of the highest quality & standard while being an active contributor and reviewer on critical repos of the application
- Develop full stack applications with a product engineering mindset, spanning frontend and backend ecosystems that balance simplicity with flexibility
Basic Qualifications:- 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 5 years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
- At least 5 years of experience in Security engineering and architecture
- At least 5 years of experience in Data architecture including Event Driven and Real-Time architectures
Preferred Qualifications: - Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering and solution architecture
- 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, etc.
- 8+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
- Experience in applying Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning concepts to engineering challenges (e.g., anomaly detection, test optimization, intelligent testing)
- Deep practical knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, chaos engineering, and advanced Observability tooling (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Tracing)
- Experience in implementing Artificial Intelligence or Artificial Intelligence-enabled solutions
Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.
McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200 for Distinguished Engineer
New York, NY: $293,600 - $335,100 for Distinguished Engineer
Plano, TX: $244,700 - $279,200 for Distinguished Engineer
Richmond, VA: $244,700 - $279,200 for Distinguished Engineer
Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate's offer letter.
This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.
Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.
This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.
No agencies please.
