Remote Staff Full-Stack Engineer — Cloud & Microservices

Capital One; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 245,000 - 307,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sponsorship available

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to lead technical initiatives in the cloud, mentor engineers, and drive architecture across platforms. You will shape strategy, promote best practices, and collaborate with ML, product, and architecture teams to deliver scalable solutions.

You will specialize in cloud-native designs, distributed systems, and performance optimization while influencing cross-functional leaders and engineering discipline at Capital One.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering).
• At least 7 years in software engineering, solution architecture, and enterprise architecture.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data architecture.
• 10+ years in software engineering and architecture across multiple domains (web technologies, distributed systems).

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical, scalable solutions.
• Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation.
• Serve as an expert on non-functional characteristics like performance and operability.
• Mentor engineers and drive professional development within teams.
• Drive modernization from monoliths to microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
• Balance deep technical contribution with mentoring and elevating peers.

Skills

Cloud computing

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Go

Rust

C#

Scala

Distributed systems

ML Systems

Networking

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

SQL databases

NoSQL databases

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to lead technical initiatives in the cloud, mentor engineers, and drive architecture across platforms. You will shape strategy, promote best practices, and collaborate with ML, product, and architecture teams to deliver scalable solutions.

You will specialize in cloud-native designs, distributed systems, and performance optimization while influencing cross-functional leaders and engineering discipline at Capital One.