Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Reliability Platform

Capital One; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Staff Full Stack Engineer (Reliability Engineering) to shape engineering strategy, lead cross-functional teams and drive scalable, cloud-enabled platforms. You will mentor engineers, codify standards and push modernization from monoliths to microservices while delivering measurable resilience results.

You will collaborate with senior leaders, influence API standards, and embed automated real-time metrics to balance rigor with usability across diverse platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
• Experience with enterprise architecture and design patterns.
• Cloud computing experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data architecture.
• Capital One will sponsor qualified applicants for employment.

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.
• Serve as an authoritative expert on performance, scalability and operability.
• Continue learning and injecting advanced knowledge into the community.
• Lead cross-divisional projects and promote best practices.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Job description

Capital One seeks a Staff Full Stack Engineer (Reliability Engineering) to shape engineering strategy, lead cross-functional teams and drive scalable, cloud-enabled platforms. You will mentor engineers, codify standards and push modernization from monoliths to microservices while delivering measurable resilience results.

You will collaborate with senior leaders, influence API standards, and embed automated real-time metrics to balance rigor with usability across diverse platforms.