Capital One is looking for a Distinguished Engineer to join its Reliability Engineering community. In this role, you will be a part of a group of technical experts defining the future of banking in the cloud. You will architect high-performance infrastructure to simplify the developer experience, optimize spend through automation, and build a scalable, future-ready system that empowers the engineering community.
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, 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 of our engineering and product community.
- Drive the strategic integration of cross-tool leverage points and position our API ecosystem to support emerging agentic AI use cases.
- Establish seamless integration opportunities and ensure robust application resilience.
- Promote a culture of engineering excellence and an inclusive environment.
- Lead the way in creating next-generation talent, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting.
What We're Looking For
- 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.
Nice to Have
- 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 experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
- 10+ years of professional experience coding in languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Swift.
- 8+ years of professional experience across the full system development lifecycle.
- 3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies.
- 8+ years of experience with Networking (BGP, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, Cloud Networking and Data Center Networking).
Technical Stack
- Languages: Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift
- Infrastructure: Public or private cloud technologies
- Networking: BGP, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, Cloud Networking, Data Center Networking
Team & Environment
You will be part of a community of technical experts, working alongside developers, machine learning experts, product managers and people leaders.
Benefits & Compensation
- A comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support total well-being.
- Compensation ranges by location: McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200; Plano, TX: $244,700 - $279,200; Richmond, VA: $244,700 - $279,200.
Work Mode
This is a local-city position open to candidates in McLean, VA, Plano, TX, and Richmond, VA.
Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
