Staff Software Engineer

Distinguished Engineer - CardAs 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.In this role, you will work with our Loyalty Division and contribute to the engineering culture across Card Tech+ and all Capital One.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:Involved in architecting software and systems powering loyalty rewards and benefits capabilitiesResponsible for the quality and engineering excellence across systems that process hundreds of thousands of orders per dayLead by example by spending a significant portion of time writing code and directly contributing to code bases in conjunction with our engineersLeverage modern AI coding tools such as Windsurf and Claude Code to augment software product delivery.Work closely with business partners on scoping, defining, and building features for our customers, including new product launchesArticulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domainDecompose complex problems into practical and operational solutionsEnsure the quality of technical design and implementationServe as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics, such as performance, scalability, observability, and operabilityContinue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our communityHandle several projects simultaneously, balancing your time to maximize impactAct 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 communityAbility to influence senior stakeholders and partners to allocate resources to the most important technical initiativeBasic Qualifications:Bachelor's DegreeAt least 7 years of experience in Software engineering including system design and regular code contributionsAt least 1 year of experience using generative AI coding tools to enhance and augment our software development practices and capabilitiesAt least 7 years of experience in Back End technologies (Go, Java, Python, Database Design, etc.)At least 7 years of experience in Web technologies (JavaScript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks)At least 7 years of experience creating and enforcing standards to ensure standardization and simplification of the overall platformAt least 7 years of experience leveraging modern cloud computing platforms effectively and efficiently (e.g. AWS)At least 7 years of experience in designing scalable microservice architectures that operate at scale in a complex environmentPreferred Qualifications:Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related fieldAt least 2 years of experience using generative AI coding tools to enhance and augment our software development practices and capabilities10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, etc.8+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies8+ years of experience with Networking (BGP, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, Cloud Networking and Data Center Networking)