Remote Staff Engineer: AI-Driven Risk & Cloud

Capital One; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer (Remote - Eligible) to lead and contribute across the risk technology platform. You will architect real-time risk management products, mentor engineers, and push for AI-enabled solutions with a product engineering mindset across frontend and backend ecosystems.

You will collaborate with AML & Sanctions teams, drive modern tech adoption, and ensure high-quality design and code in a hands-on role that balances architecture with practical implementation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field.
• 7+ years of software engineering and solution architecture experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• 5+ years in data architecture including real-time architectures.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for embedding AI and automated code transformation.
• Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions.
• Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation.
• Be an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics like performance, scalability, and operability.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering community knowledge.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Cloud computing

AI/ML concepts

SRE principles

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer (Remote - Eligible) to lead and contribute across the risk technology platform. You will architect real-time risk management products, mentor engineers, and push for AI-enabled solutions with a product engineering mindset across frontend and backend ecosystems.

You will collaborate with AML & Sanctions teams, drive modern tech adoption, and ensure high-quality design and code in a hands-on role that balances architecture with practical implementation.