Distinguished Engineer - Capital One Software (Remote-Eligible)

Capital One; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 239,900 - 273,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Financial benefits

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to help build and scale innovative data management tools in the cloud. This remote-eligible role requires extensive software engineering experience, particularly in Java, Python, or Node.js, and a good command of cloud technologies. Responsibilities include defining technical vision, designing solutions, and mentoring the engineering community. The salary range for this position in Richmond, VA is $239,900 – $273,800, with comprehensive benefits offered.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience with Java, Python, or Node.js.
• 3+ years in public cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision.
• Decompose complex problems into practical solutions.
• Ensure quality of technical design and implementation.
• Act as a role model and mentor in the tech community.

Skills

Software engineering

Java

Python

Node.js

Cloud technologies

Event-driven architecture

Microservice architecture

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Job description

Distinguished Engineer - Capital One Software (Remote-Eligible)

Ever since our first credit card customer in 1994, Capital One has recognized that technology and data can enable even large companies to be innovative and personalized. As one of the first large enterprises to go all-in on the public cloud, Capital One needed to build cloud and data management tools that didn’t exist in the marketplace to enable us to operate at scale in the cloud. In 2022, we publicly announced Capital One Software and brought our first B2B software solution, Slingshot, to market.

Capital One Software is helping accelerate the data management journey at scale for businesses operating in the cloud. We are building tools for data publishing, consumption, governance, and infrastructure management. Our pioneering team is seeking top tier talent to build and bring these tools to market.

Key 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 your time to maximize impact
• Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know‑how of our engineering and product community
• Abstract clients from core systems of record
• Migrate clients to a core agnostic GraphQL interface layer
• Provide automation and tooling to accelerate client onboarding to the modern core efficiently
• Ensure all client applications and use cases function as expected post migration

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering
• At least 5 years of experience working with at least one of the following programming languages: Java, Python, or Node.js
• At least 3 years of experience in public cloud technologies (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• 9+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience in AWS
• 5+ years of experience architecting cloud‑native applications
• Experience working with event‑driven and microservice architectures

Salary Range

Remote (Any location): $239,900 – $273,800 for Distinguished Engineer
New York, NY: $287,800 – $328,500 for Distinguished Engineer
Richmond, VA: $239,900 – $273,800 for Distinguished Engineer

Benefits

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well‑being.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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 and will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable laws.