Senior Staff Engineer — Card Tech, AI-Native & Cloud

Capital One; California; Hybrid; USD 343,000 - 392,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer for Card Tech to join a high-velocity, AI-native engineering team.

You will lead complex software initiatives, drive modern architectures, and mentor engineers while delivering production-ready code in a fast-paced cloud environment. You will collaborate with ML experts, product managers, and people leaders to shape platform strategy, set API standards, and deliver scalable solutions across multiple domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• 9+ years in software engineering and solution architecture, enterprise architecture, and cloud computing.
• Proven track record delivering complex software solutions and leading technical execution.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions.
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms.
• Collaborate with senior engineering and architecture leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
• Mentor engineers and coach the technical community across the organization.

Skills

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer for Card Tech to join a high-velocity, AI-native engineering team.

You will lead complex software initiatives, drive modern architectures, and mentor engineers while delivering production-ready code in a fast-paced cloud environment. You will collaborate with ML experts, product managers, and people leaders to shape platform strategy, set API standards, and deliver scalable solutions across multiple domains.