Staff Software Engineer - Card Technology
About The Position
As a Staff Engineer at Capital One, you will be part of a community of technical experts helping define the future of banking in the cloud. You will work alongside developers, machine learning experts, product managers, and people leaders to devise practical, reusable solutions to complex problems and deliver strong technology outcomes. You will promote engineering excellence, foster an inclusive environment, mentor engineers, and help recruit and develop technical talent. The role leads through technical contribution and serves as a trusted advisor for key technologies, platforms, and capability domains, sharing knowledge through clear communications, code samples, blog posts, and other materials. Expertise in a particular subject area is expected to have influence across the organization. Card Core Accounts and Transactions, within Card Technology, manages highly available and scalable services essential to customer-facing applications. The team is transforming its platform by migrating from legacy systems to a modern technology stack. In this role, you will architect the target-state application architecture and provide technical support to development teams, with an ongoing focus on security, performance, maintainability, and usability. You will help drive modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms, shape long-term platform strategy and API standards with senior engineering and architecture leaders, and balance hands-on technical work with mentoring and developing peers and junior engineers. You will lead cross-divisional work that promotes technical best practices and enhancements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field, such as Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, or Engineering.
- 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 7 years of experience in cloud computing, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
- At least 7 years of experience in data architecture.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
- 10+ years of experience with web technologies, including JavaScript, TypeScript, and SPA frameworks.
- 10+ years of experience designing and building distributed HPC and ML systems.
- 10+ years of experience in cloud computing, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
- 10+ years of experience in data architecture.
- 10+ years of professional coding experience in commonly used languages such as Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala.
- 8+ years of experience with databases and database management systems.
- 10+ years of professional experience across the full system development lifecycle, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
- 5+ years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.
- 10+ years of experience with networking protocols and integration with third-party distributed systems.
- 5+ years of experience mentoring senior engineers and driving professional development within technical teams.
- 2+ years of experience leading cross-domain architectural reviews and establishing coding and design standards.
- Expertise in the strategic application of agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic development challenges.
Responsibilities
- Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for the domain.
- Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions.
- Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation.
- Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics, including performance, scalability, and operability.
- Continue learning and share advanced technical knowledge with the engineering community.
- Handle several projects simultaneously and balance time to maximize impact.
- Act as a role model and mentor, coaching and strengthening the technical expertise of engineering and product colleagues.
- Drive modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms.
- Collaborate with senior engineering and architecture leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
- Balance deep, hands-on technical contribution and innovation with mentoring and elevating peers and junior engineers.
- Lead cross-divisional projects and initiatives that promote technological best practices and enhancements.
- Architect the target-state application architecture and provide technical support to development teams.
- Build and improve platforms with a focus on security, performance, maintainability, and usability.
- Share knowledge through clear communications, code samples, blog posts, and other materials.
Benefits
- Performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.
- Comprehensive health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
