Director-IC Staff Engineer: Cloud Banking & Platform Strategy

Capital One; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to define and drive the cloud modernization strategy, leading cross-functional teams of engineers, ML specialists, and product managers. You will mentor engineers, set architectural standards, and champion scalable, performant systems across the organization.

You will lead multi-disciplinary efforts, balance hands-on work with mentoring, and collaborate with senior leaders to shape platform direction and API design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS or related field; quantitative background.
• Experience in software engineering, enterprise design patterns, and cloud tech.
• Proven ability to lead complex architecture initiatives at scale.

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.
• Lead modernization of monolithic systems into microservices and event-driven platforms.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
• Mentor engineers and drive cross-divisional architectural reviews.

Skills

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Enterprise architecture

Web technologies

Multi-language coding

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to define and drive the cloud modernization strategy, leading cross-functional teams of engineers, ML specialists, and product managers. You will mentor engineers, set architectural standards, and champion scalable, performant systems across the organization.

You will lead multi-disciplinary efforts, balance hands-on work with mentoring, and collaborate with senior leaders to shape platform direction and API design.