Senior Staff Engineer: Cloud, Platform & Mentorship Lead

Capital One National Association; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer in Plano, TX. You will lead technical strategy, decompose complex problems, and ensure high-quality design across cloud-based platforms.

The role emphasizes performance, scalability, and mentoring within the Dealer Tech division, with opportunities to influence API standards and platform direction. You will collaborate with engineers, architects, data experts and product teams to advance secure, integrated processes that enhance dealer operations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering)
• 9+ years in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture & design patterns
• Experience with cloud computing (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and data architecture

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
• Lead cross‑divisional architectural reviews and set coding standards
• Mentor engineers and drive professional development within technical teams
• Drive modernization of legacy systems into service-based, event-driven platforms
• Collaborate on long‑term platform strategy and API standards
• Lead multiple projects balancing hands-on work with mentoring

Skills

Cloud computing

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture

Data architecture

Web technologies

Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript

Public cloud platforms

Networking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree (preferred)

Tools

Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C#, Scala

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer in Plano, TX. You will lead technical strategy, decompose complex problems, and ensure high-quality design across cloud-based platforms.

The role emphasizes performance, scalability, and mentoring within the Dealer Tech division, with opportunities to influence API standards and platform direction. You will collaborate with engineers, architects, data experts and product teams to advance secure, integrated processes that enhance dealer operations