Senior Cloud Strategy & Innovation Engineer

Capital One; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an experienced Sr. Staff Cloud Engineer to shape and execute cloud infrastructure strategy across the enterprise. You will collaborate with architecture and engineering leaders to drive scalable, secure cloud platforms and modernize legacy systems.

The role requires deep expertise in cloud engineering, distributed systems, and leadership of multi-team programs, with a focus on performance, security, and operability. Richmond, VA is one of the key locations for this role.

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
• Master’s degree in CS or Software Engineering (preferred)
• 12+ years of coding experience in Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js
• 8+ years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI)
• 8+ years of experience with CI/CD orchestration and IaC frameworks (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Crossplane)
• Experience with Kubernetes and serverless architectures
• Experience designing cloud networking, security and identity integrations
• Experience leading large engineering programs and OKRs
• Experience with agentic AI coding tools and risk management in high-severity environments

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
• Be an authoritative expert on performance, scalability and operability
• Lead modernization of monolithic systems into microservices and event-driven platforms
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards
• Mentor engineers and elevate technical skills across teams
• Balance hands-on contribution with mentoring to drive impact
• Drive cross‑divisional projects and adoption of AI/automation in cloud platforms
• Support recruitment and talent strategy for scaling engineering teams

Skills

Java

Scala

Python

Go

Node.js

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Crossplane

OPA (Policy-as-Code)

Job description

Capital One is seeking an experienced Sr. Staff Cloud Engineer to shape and execute cloud infrastructure strategy across the enterprise. You will collaborate with architecture and engineering leaders to drive scalable, secure cloud platforms and modernize legacy systems.

The role requires deep expertise in cloud engineering, distributed systems, and leadership of multi-team programs, with a focus on performance, security, and operability. Richmond, VA is one of the key locations for this role.