Distinguished Engineer - Remote AI & Cloud Architect

Capital One National Association; McLean (VA); Remote; USD 184,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Distinguished Engineer (Remote - Eligible) to join our risk technology team. You will lead architectural efforts, contribute code, mentor engineers, and drive AI-enabled risk management products with real-time capabilities.

This hands-on role requires deep expertise in cloud, data architectures, SRE principles, and scalable systems. You will collaborate with AML & Sanctions teams, evangelize technical visions, and help hire and grow the Capital One Tech community.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 7+ years software engineering and solution architecture.
• 5+ years cloud computing experience (AWS/Azure/Google).
• 5+ years data architecture experience (Event-Driven, Real-Time).
• Strong communication and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction and architecture reviews.
• Write production-grade code and contribute to critical repos.
• Mentor engineers and develop talent across teams.
• Partner with AML & Sanctions to architect risk products.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Event-driven

Real-time

Programming languages

AI/ML concepts

Site Reliability Engineering

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree in CS

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

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Job description

Capital One is seeking a Distinguished Engineer (Remote - Eligible) to join our risk technology team. You will lead architectural efforts, contribute code, mentor engineers, and drive AI-enabled risk management products with real-time capabilities.

This hands-on role requires deep expertise in cloud, data architectures, SRE principles, and scalable systems. You will collaborate with AML & Sanctions teams, evangelize technical visions, and help hire and grow the Capital One Tech community.