Senior Staff Cloud Engineer - Cloud Strategy & Innovation

Capital One; United States; Remote; USD 315,000 - 359,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Staff Cloud Engineer to drive cloud strategy and modernization across multiple locations. You will lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and partner with senior leaders to define platform standards. The role focuses on scalable, secure cloud infrastructure and AI-enabled automation to improve efficiency.

The position offers opportunities to influence across divisions and advance cloud-native practices within Capital One's engineering community.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 9+ years of software engineering experience.
• 6+ years in cloud engineering with modern platforms.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical, scalable solutions.
• Lead modernization from monoliths to microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and standards.
• Mentor engineers and drive cross-team excellence in delivery.

Skills

Cloud engineering

CI/CD

IaC

Kubernetes

Serverless

Policy-as-Code

Leadership

Executive communication

Agentic AI tools

Education

Bachelor's in CS

Master's preferred

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Crossplane

OPA

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Staff Cloud Engineer to drive cloud strategy and modernization across multiple locations. You will lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and partner with senior leaders to define platform standards. The role focuses on scalable, secure cloud infrastructure and AI-enabled automation to improve efficiency.

The position offers opportunities to influence across divisions and advance cloud-native practices within Capital One's engineering community.