Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer, Cloud & Microservices

Capital One; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 262,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to shape and drive the technical vision across domains, leading modernization efforts and mentoring engineers. You will decompose complex problems, ensure design quality, and collaborate with leaders to set platform strategy and API standards.

This role rewards hands-on contribution and community leadership within Capital One Tech. Leverage cloud expertise and data architecture skills to craft scalable, high-performance solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or related field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering).
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, and cloud computing.
• Experience with data architecture and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Strong understanding of design patterns and architecture for scalable systems.

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.
• Serve as an authoritative expert on performance, scalability, and operability.
• Mentor engineers and drive talent development within the team and organization.
• Drive modernization from monoliths to microservice and event-driven architectures.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
• Balance deep hands-on contribution with mentoring and elevating peers.

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to shape and drive the technical vision across domains, leading modernization efforts and mentoring engineers. You will decompose complex problems, ensure design quality, and collaborate with leaders to set platform strategy and API standards.

This role rewards hands-on contribution and community leadership within Capital One Tech. Leverage cloud expertise and data architecture skills to craft scalable, high-performance solutions.