Senior Staff Engineer & Platform Lead, Cloud Banking

Capital One National Association; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 315,000 - 359,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to lead technical strategy and delivery for the Customer Management domain. You will guide foundational platforms, ship scalable solutions, and mentor a large engineering community across multiple teams.

The role blends hands-on coding with strategic leadership to accelerate product and platform evolution. You will own architecture decisions, collaborate with product and data teams, and build high-impact systems that improve loan offers, credit

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 9+ years of software engineering and solution architecture experience.
• 9+ years in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
• 9+ years of experience with JavaScript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks.

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.
• Lead non-functional requirements like performance, scalability, and operability.
• Drive knowledge sharing through blogs, code samples, and internal/external sessions.
• Lead multiple projects simultaneously to maximize impact.
• Coach and mentor engineers and product teams.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Swift

API design

Microservices

System architecture

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to lead technical strategy and delivery for the Customer Management domain. You will guide foundational platforms, ship scalable solutions, and mentor a large engineering community across multiple teams.

The role blends hands-on coding with strategic leadership to accelerate product and platform evolution. You will own architecture decisions, collaborate with product and data teams, and build high-impact systems that improve loan offers, credit