Senior Risk Tech Architect & Cloud Innovator

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 269,100 - 307,200; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Distinguished Engineer - Risk Tech to lead at the intersection of risk technology and cloud-based engineering. You will shape technical strategy, influence architecture across platforms, and mentor engineers in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

The role emphasizes non-functional excellence, scalable systems, and collaboration with ML, product, and people leaders to deliver enterprise-grade risk solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture
• Web technologies (Javascript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks)
• Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

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 our community
• Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing your time to maximize impact
• Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
• Ensure Code is of the highest quality & and active contributor and reviewer on critical repos of the application
• Develop full stack applications with a product engineering mindset, spanning frontend and backend ecosystems that balance simplicity with flexibility
• Service as technical authority on non-functional architecture, ensuring extreme resiliency and enterprise-grade readiness

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cloud computing

System design

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Distinguished Engineer - Risk Tech to lead at the intersection of risk technology and cloud-based engineering. You will shape technical strategy, influence architecture across platforms, and mentor engineers in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

The role emphasizes non-functional excellence, scalable systems, and collaboration with ML, product, and people leaders to deliver enterprise-grade risk solutions.