Senior Cloud Engineer — Asset Intelligence & AI

Capital One; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Cloud Engineer to lead the Asset and Cloud inventory, intelligence, and insights missions. You will collaborate across teams to deliver AI-native solutions that enable scalable, secure cloud platforms and drive modernization from monoliths to microservices.

Strong leadership, hands-on coding, and a passion for scalable architectures are key. You will mentor engineers, shape platform strategy, and work on high-impact, cross-divisional initiatives across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• At least 9 years of experience in software engineering.
• At least 6 years of experience in cloud engineering.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions.
• Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation.
• Serve as an expert on non-functional system characteristics (performance, scalability, operability).
• Lead cross-divisional projects and drive best practices across teams.
• Adopt and promote AI and automation to improve scalability and efficiency of cloud platforms.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Software engineering

Java/Scala/Python/Go/Node.js

Public cloud platforms AWS/GCP/Azure/1

Kubernetes

Serverless

Knowledge graphs

CMDBs and multi-cloud inventory

AI-native platforms

Engineering OKRs

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in CS or quantitative field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Kubernetes

Serverless

Knowledge graphs

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Cloud Engineer to lead the Asset and Cloud inventory, intelligence, and insights missions. You will collaborate across teams to deliver AI-native solutions that enable scalable, secure cloud platforms and drive modernization from monoliths to microservices.

Strong leadership, hands-on coding, and a passion for scalable architectures are key. You will mentor engineers, shape platform strategy, and work on high-impact, cross-divisional initiatives across