Remote AI & Cloud Architect — Risk Tech Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead architectural excellence across risk technology and cloud platforms. The role emphasizes hands-on coding, system design reviews, and mentoring engineers to advance Capital One Tech.

You will collaborate with Anti‑Money Laundering & Sanctions teams to architect AI‑driven risk management products, while driving modern technologies and scalable solutions across the organization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering and solution architecture experience preferred.
• Experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Experience in data architecture including event-driven and real-time architectures
• Strong background in enterprise architecture and design patterns

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for embedding AI and automated code transformation into the developer lifecycle.
• 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.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Swift

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Tracing

Job description

Capital One in McLean, VA is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead architectural excellence across risk technology and cloud platforms. The role emphasizes hands-on coding, system design reviews, and mentoring engineers to advance Capital One Tech.

You will collaborate with Anti‑Money Laundering & Sanctions teams to architect AI‑driven risk management products, while driving modern technologies and scalable solutions across the organization.