Distinguished Engineer, Risk Tech — Cloud & Systems Leader

Capital One Group; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 245,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One's Risk Technology team seeks a Distinguished Engineer to shape the future of risk management in the cloud. You will lead technical direction, drive architecture across platforms, and mentor engineers while collaborating with ML, product, and people leaders.

This role requires deep software, cloud, and non-functional expertise with a track record of delivering scalable systems and publishing guidance to the community. You will influence engineering practices at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field; 7+ years in software engineering and architecture.
• 7+ years in full software lifecycle, architecture design patterns.
• 5+ years in cloud technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP) and networking basics.
• Experience with non-functional requirements like scalability and operability.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical, scalable solutions.
• Mentor engineers and coach the tech community.
• Develop full-stack applications spanning frontend and backend.
• Ensure code quality and review critical repos.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cloud computing (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Cloud networking basics

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Networking fundamentals

Job description

Capital One's Risk Technology team seeks a Distinguished Engineer to shape the future of risk management in the cloud. You will lead technical direction, drive architecture across platforms, and mentor engineers while collaborating with ML, product, and people leaders.

This role requires deep software, cloud, and non-functional expertise with a track record of delivering scalable systems and publishing guidance to the community. You will influence engineering practices at scale.