Distinguished Engineer

Praxy; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in Bengaluru seeks a senior Distinguished Engineer/Architect to lead architecture across Risk Tech and Enterprise platforms. You will define a bold technical vision, decompose complex problems, and drive PoCs while guiding cross-domain programs with hands-on contributions.

The role emphasizes scalable, resilient systems, performance, and operability, with mentoring duties and active collaboration with business leaders to shape technology decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
• 5+ years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
• 3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions.
• 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.
• Provide architectural guidance and designs for large scale cross-domain programs.
• Lead PoCs and hands-on code reviews with engineering teams as needed.
• Develop and maintain an overall architecture for the domain, aligned with guidelines.
• Promote engineering excellence and reusable solutions across teams.
• Keep technology and technologists up-to-date with modern platforms and practices.
• Mentor internal talent and participate in external recruiting to build Capital One’s tech talent.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

Cloud technologies

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Capital One is the first largest bank to go all in on the public cloud while operating in a complex and highly regulated business environment and has transformed itself into a technology company. We are a technology-oriented company delivering financial products to market through modern technology and constant innovation at a massive scale.

Still founder-led by Chairman and CEO Richard Fairbank, we dare to dream, disrupt and deliver a better way for our customers, the financial industry and for each other. Our goal is simple – bring ingenuity, simplicity and humanity to an industry ripe for change.

Capital One India Tech is one of the fastest growing technology teams across Capital One with a bold mission to build large scale platforms, consumer products and advanced capabilities leveraging data and AI /ML technologies. This is a senior individual contributor leadership role spanning across Capital One India Tech organisation reporting to the head of technology.

Risk Tech is responsible for transforming risk management into a real time, intelligent discipline powered by modern products and technical capabilities. Our mission is divided into two primary functional pillars: Risk Management Tech (RMT), which develops the frameworks and tools for monitoring risks, testing controls, and managing regulatory requirements; and AML and Compliance Tech (ACT), which ensures our products are delivered ethically and in strict compliance with BSA/AML regulations and global laws.

Reinforcing these pillars are our commitment to Architecture & Engineering Excellence. Our Architecture team bridges the gap between business strategy and technical execution through a customer centric, domain oriented lens, while our Engineering Excellence team empowers our talent to build better, more resilient systems every day. Together, we ensure that Risk Tech isn't just a safeguard - it’s a competitive advantage.

Distinguished Engineers are individual contributors expected to solve problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, and iterative software development environment. In order to meet these demands, candidates should be influential engineering leaders with deep technology expertise, and a collaborative style that brings others into the decision‑making process. Distinguished Engineers will significantly impact the Tech agenda within their organization and devise clear roadmaps to deliver next generation technology solutions across organizational boundaries.

• Distinguished Engineers are Deep technical experts and thought leaders that help accelerate adoption of the very best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices
• Visionaries, collaborating on Capital One’s toughest issues, to deliver on business needs that directly impact the lives of our customers and associates
• Role models and mentors, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
• Evangelists, both internally and externally, helping to elevate the Distinguished Engineering community and establish themselves as a go-to resource on given technologies and technology-enabled capabilities
• Leaders who gain the trust and confidence of those around them, from hands on engineers to executives

Responsibilities:

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain
• Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions
• 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
• Provide architectural guidance and designs for large scale cross-domain programs
• Working with engineering teams to design and execute PoCs and hands‑on code contribution/reviews where necessary
• Develop and maintain an overall architecture for the domain, in alignment with divisional and enterprise guidelines
• Promote a culture of engineering excellence and being well‑managed, using opportunities to reuse and innersource solutions where possible
• Lead the way in keeping both the technology and the technologists in the domain up‑to‑date with modern technologies
• Be the guiding force for stakeholders in design and architecture discussions, helping the engineering teams make key technology choices, and staying associated with the use case through its development lifecycle
• Lead the way in creating next‑generation talent for Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting external talent to bolster Capital One’s Tech talent

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture
• At least 5 years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns
• At least 3 years of experience with public or private cloud technologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science
• 10+ years of experience of working with business leaders on the implications of architectural decisions
• 10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
• 4+ years building cloud native architectures, architecting enterprise applications on public cloud platforms and cloud ecosystems (AWS, GCP or Azure)

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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