Cloud-Native Staff Engineer, Global Payments Network

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff/Distinguished Engineer in McLean, VA to lead strategic technology efforts in the Global Payment Network. You will drive cloud-native modernization, design high‑performing distributed systems, and mentor engineers while adopting cutting-edge AI tooling to accelerate development.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience across software engineering, architecture, cloud technologies, and leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree is required.
• 7+ years of general software experience.
• 7+ years in software engineering and solution architecture.
• 10+ years coding in Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift.
• 8+ years full lifecycle of system development.
• 3+ years of cloud technologies.
• Experience with interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity.

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 time to maximize impact.
• Mentor within the tech community to strengthen technical expertise.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Swift

Public cloud

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Claude Code

Windsurf

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff/Distinguished Engineer in McLean, VA to lead strategic technology efforts in the Global Payment Network. You will drive cloud-native modernization, design high‑performing distributed systems, and mentor engineers while adopting cutting-edge AI tooling to accelerate development.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience across software engineering, architecture, cloud technologies, and leadership.