Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer - Cloud & Microservices

Capital One National Association; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer (Remote Eligible) to lead technical vision, champion scalable cloud-native architectures, and drive modernization across platforms. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with ML teams, and contribute to strategic decisions shaping Capital One Tech.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and delivering high-performance, secure systems across distributed environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering)
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture and cloud platforms
• Experience with cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data architecture

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 modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards
• Mentor engineers and drive technical community knowledge

Skills

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

Web technologies

SPA frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud

Data architecture

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer (Remote Eligible) to lead technical vision, champion scalable cloud-native architectures, and drive modernization across platforms. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with ML teams, and contribute to strategic decisions shaping Capital One Tech.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and delivering high-performance, secure systems across distributed environments.