Distinguished Engineer, Global Payments Cloud Network

Capital One; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Distinguished Engineer for the Global Payment Network Technology organization in Plano, TX. You will lead high‑impact technical initiatives, drive architectural decisions, and shape cloud‑native engineering practices across the team.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and champion performance, scalability, and operability while advancing AI tooling to accelerate delivery and innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree is required.
• At least 7 years of experience in general software.
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture.

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.

Skills

Software engineering

System architecture

Cloud technologies

Networking

AI tooling usage

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Swift

Cloud platforms

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Distinguished Engineer for the Global Payment Network Technology organization in Plano, TX. You will lead high‑impact technical initiatives, drive architectural decisions, and shape cloud‑native engineering practices across the team.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and champion performance, scalability, and operability while advancing AI tooling to accelerate delivery and innovation.