Distinguished Engineer – Autonomous Deployments

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead architectural strategy for the software delivery ecosystem, focusing on continuous deployment and modern production instrumentation. You will mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to accelerate time to market while maintaining compliance in a regulated environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on contribution, AI/ML enablement, and enterprise-wide standards to drive innovation and scalable software delivery across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of professional cloud technologies experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute architectural strategy for the software delivery ecosystem.
• Lead AI/ML enablement to transform deployment pipelines.
• Proactively contribute hands-on to prototype deployment architectures.
• Drive enterprise-wide alignment and adoption of standards.
• Mentor engineers and cultivate engineering excellence.

Skills

Architectural vision

Mentoring engineers

Hands-on coding

Cloud leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in CS/CE/Math/Stats

Tools

AWS

Cloud platforms

Job description

As a Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be a part of a community of technical experts working to define the future of banking in the cloud.

You will work alongside our talented team of developers, machine learning experts, product managers and people leaders. Our Distinguished Engineers are leading experts in their domains, helping devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems. You will drive innovation at multiple levels, helping optimize business outcomes while driving towards strong technology solutions.

At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. You will promote a culture of engineering excellence, and strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing an inclusive environment where the ideas of others can be heard and championed. You will lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Capital One Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting to keep building our community.

Distinguished Engineers are expected to lead through technical contribution. You will operate as a trusted advisor for our key technologies, platforms and capability domains, creating clear and concise communications, code samples, blog posts and other material to share knowledge both inside and outside the organization. You will specialize in a particular subject area, but your input and impact will be sought and expected throughout the organization.

About the Team:

As a Distinguished Engineer in Capital One’s Developer Platforms organization, you will lead the technical vision for transforming the software delivery value chain and life cycle, with a specific focus on the enterprise Continuous Deployment (CD) charter – leveraging state of the art technology to accelerate time to market of high quality software. You will operate as a trusted domain advisor and resilient builder, driving innovation across organizational boundaries to define the future of delivering quality software, at scale and speed in a regulated ecosystem

Responsibilities

• Architectural Vision & Strategy: Steward the technical strategy for the software delivery ecosystem (serving thousands of developers) focusing on continuous deployment and defining the technical vision for a modern, frictionless software delivery value chain.
• Transform How We Work and Deliver Software with AL/ML enablement: Lead the transformation of the software delivery value chain, powered by AI/ML capabilities intelligent automation, predictive testing, deployment risk assessment and operations
• Platform Leadership: Lead the architectural vision, abstracting away complexity, and driving the creation of “paved roads” that allow teams to move fast.
• Hands-on Contribution: Maintain a hands-on programming presence to prototype complex deployment architectures, validate architectural decisions, and build core foundational systems.
• Enterprise Alignment: Drive large-scale technical transformation, and ensuring consistency of solution architectures across complex enterprise domains for compliance, adoption, and value delivery.
• Partnership & Influence: As a technical leader in a horizontal enterprise organization, partner with engineering and business leaders the verticalm Lines of Business to accelerate immediate improvements, define standards for software flow from commit to production, and serve as a subject matter expert for the enterprise.
• Technical Mentorship & Culture: Grow technical leaders by mentoring engineers, fostering a culture of engineering excellence, and actively recruiting talent while championing an inclusive environment.
• Risk & Measurement: Define metrics to measure and articulate company progress and work closely with key stakeholders such as internal risk partners and federal regulators.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering
• At least 5 years of experience with public cloud technologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters’ Degree Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics
• Experience leading technical strategy for large-scale engineering organizations, with measurable improvements to developer productivity or delivery metrics
• Ability to build consensus and drive adoption of new technical standards across diverse engineering teams without relying on authority
• 10 years of experience in software engineering or solution architecture
• 7 years experience designing and building enterprise platform solutions
• 5 years of experience with Agile software development
• 4 years experience with AWS
• 3 years of experience defining software design, architecture and engineering practices
• AWS Certifications

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Chicago, IL: $244,700 – $279,200 for Distinguished Engineer

McLean, VA: $269,100 – $307,200 for Distinguished Engineer

New York, NY: $293,600 – $335,100 for Distinguished Engineer

Plano, TX: $244,700 – $279,200 for Distinguished Engineer

Richmond, VA: $244,700 – $279,200 for Distinguished Engineer

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

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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