Cloud-Native Tech Lead & Distinguished Engineer (Remote)

Capital One; Illinois; Remote; USD 244,700 - 279,200; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Distinguished Engineer - Technical Lead (Remote-Eligible) to drive the technical agenda for Card Acquisitions engineering, delivering scalable, modular enterprise capabilities across multiple codebases.

You will mentor teams, codify best practices, and collaborate with product partners to convert business needs into reusable software patterns, accelerating feature delivery while maintaining operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering or distributed systems experience.
• 4+ years of API design and microservices experience.
• 7+ years of professional coding in Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Swift.
• 3+ years of experience with cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for Card Acquisitions domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical operational solutions.
• Lead technical agenda across FDE squads and ensure high-quality design and implementation.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence across teams.
• Design and maintain scalable, high-performance backend and frontend capabilities.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

API design

Microservices

Cloud technologies

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Swift

Job description

Capital One seeks a Distinguished Engineer - Technical Lead (Remote-Eligible) to drive the technical agenda for Card Acquisitions engineering, delivering scalable, modular enterprise capabilities across multiple codebases.

You will mentor teams, codify best practices, and collaborate with product partners to convert business needs into reusable software patterns, accelerating feature delivery while maintaining operational excellence.