Remote Distinguished Engineer & Technical Lead

Capital One; Columbia (SC); Remote; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Distinguished Engineer – Technical Lead (Remote-Eligible) to guide technical strategy and delivery across Card Acquisitions engineering. You will lead, code, and operate critical services across diverse codebases, shaping scalable, reusable frameworks and data schemas.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product and leadership, and drive modernization for aggressive portfolio growth while upholding operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; 7+ years in software engineering and solution architecture.
• 7+ years in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
• 4 years of experience with API design, microservices, and platform evolution.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions.
• Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation.
• Serve as an expert on non-functional characteristics like performance and scalability.
• Continue learning and inject advanced technical knowledge into the community.
• Handle multiple projects to maximize impact.
• Coach and mentor within the tech community.
• Design, build, and maintain a high-performance ecosystem supporting growth.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture

API design

Microservices

Cloud technologies

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Swift

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

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

Tools

Public/Private Cloud Technologies

APIs design

Distributed systems

Job description

Capital One seeks a Distinguished Engineer – Technical Lead (Remote-Eligible) to guide technical strategy and delivery across Card Acquisitions engineering. You will lead, code, and operate critical services across diverse codebases, shaping scalable, reusable frameworks and data schemas.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product and leadership, and drive modernization for aggressive portfolio growth while upholding operational excellence.