Senior Distinguished Engineer: Cloud Platform Leader

Capital One

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 286,200 - 326,700

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Distinguished Engineer to lead technical direction for the Customer Management engineering organization. You will guide foundational platforms, drive modernization, and enable dynamic credit offers with data-driven approaches.

You will manage 100+ engineers across directors and mentor future leaders, delivering high-impact, scalable solutions. The role emphasizes hands-on coding, strategic roadmapping, and collaboration across product, data, and operations to

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree is required.
9+ years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
9+ years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
9+ years of experience with JavaScript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks.

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 authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics, such as performance, scalability and operability.
Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into the community.
Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing time to maximize impact.
Coach and strengthen the technical expertise of the engineering and product community.
Partner with product management to set an ambitious roadmap for expanding Capital One’s reach.
Hands-on full-stack coding (frontend, backend, data processing, automation).
Lead the multi-year strategy to decommission legacy systems and converge the destination stack.